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Chapter 4: The Instrumental Data Record
Figure 4.2: Southern Hemisphere surface rur temperatures for land and marine areas by season, 1854-1993. Standard meteoroloigcal seasons for the
Southern Hemisphere are used: summer is December to February, dated by
the year of the January. Data are expressed as anomalies from 1950-79.
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE LAND+MARINE TEMPERA TURES
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