Column No.

Column Variable

1

Year (4 digit, beginning on 1958)

2

Month (1 to 12)

3

Order number of month in the series beginning on 1 for January 1958 and ending on 573 for September 2005

4

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Troposphere (850-300 hPa) for the Globe

5

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Lower Stratosphere (100-50 hPa) for the Globe

6

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Troposphere (850-300 hPa) for the Northern hemisphere

7

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Lower Stratosphere (100-50 hPa) for the Northern hemisphere

8

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Troposphere (850-300 hPa) for the Southern hemisphere

9

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Lower Stratosphere (100-50 hPa) for the Southern hemisphere

10

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Troposphere (850-300 hPa) for the Southern extratropics (-90 - -30)

11

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Lower Stratosphere (100-50 hPa) for the Southern extratropics (-90 - -30)

12

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Troposphere (850-300 hPa) for the Tropics (-30 - +30)

13

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Lower Stratosphere (100-50 hPa) for the Tropics (-30 - +30)

14

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Troposphere (850-300 hPa) for the Northern extratropics (+30 - +90)

15

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Lower Stratosphere (100-50 hPa) for the Northern extratropics (+30 - +90)

16

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Troposphere (850-300 hPa) for the Northern Polar zone (+60 - +90)

17

Temperature anomaly (deg.C) for the Lower Stratosphere (100-50 hPa) for the Northern Polar zone(+60 - +90)