Experimental Climate Monitoring and Prediction for Maldives – November 2013

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The Central Maldivian islands continue to show a rainfall deficit. The seas around Maldives are warmer than usual, and warm than usual air temperatures are also likely for the three months ahead.  

Image: Sea Surface Temperature- 06 Nov 2013

Experimental Climate Monitoring and Prediction for Maldives – October 2013

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Rainfall deficit has abated in the Southern Islands, but persists weakly in the Northern Islands and significantly in the Central Islands. Warmer temperatures prevail in the equatorial Indian Ocean sea surface.  

Image: Rainfall Deficit in Southern Maldives

Experimental Climate Monitoring and Prediction for Maldives – July 2013

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After a much wetter May than average, rainfall across Maldives has been drier than average for July and August. There still is a cumulative rainfall anomaly compared to the past 8 years’ average in Northern and Central islands in Maldives while in Southern islands it is close to average cumulative rainfall. Sea Surface Temperature around Maldives has remained in a climatological state during the past two weeks but In the larger Indian Ocean there is a negative dipole.  

Image: Observed rainfall (Top) and Rainfall Deficit in North Maldives (Bottom)

Experimental Climate Monitoring and Prediction for Maldives – June 2013

Art Confronts Maldives’ Climate Change Controversy

Source: Inter Press Service News Agency

In the Maldives, a nation of small islands threatened by rising sea levels, the topic of climate change is a controversial one. Credit: Nattu/CC by 2.0

On the quay leading to the Arsenale exhibition complex, a block of ice melts in a rare blast of spring warmth. Elsewhere in the city, coconuts were bob on the choppy waters of the canals during the opening week of the 55th Venice Biennale.

Experimental Climate Monitoring and Prediction for Maldives – May 2013

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The rainfall deficit over the Northern and Central islands continues to be in excess of 20% during the last 365 days. Recent rainfall events have mitigated this deficit slightly. In Southern islands, a surplus cumulative rainfall compared to the average of last 8 years was observed for the first time in this year. Highest observed rainfall for this year was observed during April/ May. In Southern Maldives this amount is the highest observed rainfall in these regions in the past 5 years. Seas around Maldives have also cooled down. A negatively anomalous sea surface temperature is observed instead of the positive anomaly which has persisted during the last couple of months.  

Image: Observed rainfall (Top) and Rainfall Deficit in South Maldives (Bottom)

Experimental Climate Monitoring and Prediction for Maldives – April 2013

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Drought conditions persist all over Maldives. South and central islands received relatively high rainfall compared to the previous months, but Northern islands received extremely less rainfall. Anomalous warm sea surface temperature is observed in the seas around Maldives. ENSO conditions remain in the neutral ENSO condition.