Sri Lankan weather information & global climate trends

Sajeewa Pemasinghe, Ruwan Panditharathna, Dinuka Dayarathna, Shanaka Saparamadu

global climate trends

stratospheric ozone concentration

Ozone conecentration is measured in Dobson units. One Dobson Unit is the number of molecules of ozone that would be required to create a layer of pure ozone 0.01 millimeters thick at a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius and a pressure of 1 atmosphere (the air pressure at the surface of the Earth). The average amount of ozone in the atmosphere is roughly 300 Dobson Units, equivalent to a layer 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) thick—the height of 2 pennies stacked together. What scientists call the Antarctic Ozone “Hole” is an area where the ozone concentration drops to an average of about 100 Dobson Units.

Source: NASA Ozone Watch

Global Land and water temperature anomalies from year 1880 to 2022

The January–September global surface temperature was 0.86°C (1.55°F) above the 1901-2000 average of 14.1°C (57.5°F) — the sixth-highest January–September temperature in the 143-year record. The ten warmest January–September periods on record have occurred since 2010. According to NCEI’s statistical analysis, the year 2022 is very likely to rank among the ten warmest years on record but a less than 5% chance to rank among the five warmest years on record.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State of the Climate: Monthly Global Climate Report for September 2022, published online October 2022, retrieved on October 20, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202209.

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