Mariana Islands, Coral Reef Geology, Figure 2 Atmospheric temperature record and precipitation at Guam, precipitation only at
Saipan and Tinian (National Climatic Data Center, NOAA). Normals are uninterrupted measurements for three consecutive decades.
Original data were transformed into metric units. Red circle = annual mean; red stars = minima and maxima. Lower two panels:
Hadley Center’s synthetic HadlSST data for Rota and Saipan, as representatives of the southern and northern limestone islands.
Lower two panels: Monthly temperature mean, and trend line.
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Saipan and Tinian (National Climatic Data Center, NOAA). Normals are uninterrupted measurements for three consecutive decades.
Original data were transformed into metric units. Red circle = annual mean; red stars = minima and maxima. Lower two panels:
Hadley Center’s synthetic HadlSST data for Rota and Saipan, as representatives of the southern and northern limestone islands.
Lower two panels: Monthly temperature mean, and trend line.
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