This image shows the instrumental record of global average temperatures as compiled by the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia and the Hadley Centre of the UK Meteorological Office. Data set TaveGL2v was used. The most recent documentation for this data set is Jones, P.D. and Moberg, A. (2003) "Hemispheric and large-scale surface air temperature variations: An extensive revision and an update to 2001". Journal of Climate, 16, 206-223.
This figure was originally prepared by Robert A. Rohde from publicly available data and is incoporated into the Global Warming Art project.
Originally English Version was uploaded by User:Wisty at here.
The Classical Chinese Modification is made by User:Itsmine.
This figure is part of a series of plots created by Dragons flight to illustrate changes in Earth's temperature and climate across many different time scales.