DOI: 10.5285/967313bee45c48998c5027896e3da53c
title: Chapter 2 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 2.13 (v20211126)

description: Data for Figure 2.13 from Chapter 2 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Figure 2.13 shows the global trends in surface specific humidity and surface relative humidity over 1973 - 2019 --------------------------------------------------- How to cite this dataset --------------------------------------------------- When citing this dataset, please include both the data citation below (under 'Citable as') and the following citation for the report component from which the figure originates: Gulev, S.K., P.W. Thorne, J. Ahn, F.J. Dentener, C.M. Domingues, S. Gerland, D. Gong, D.S. Kaufman, H.C. Nnamchi, J. Quaas, J.A. Rivera, S. Sathyendranath, S.L. Smith, B. Trewin, K. von Schuckmann, and R.S. Vose, 2021: Changing State of the Climate System. In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 287–422, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.004. --------------------------------------------------- Figure subpanels --------------------------------------------------- The figure has four panels, with data provided for panel (b) and (d) in one single file (qrh2.csv). Code for plotting panels (a) and (c) is archived on zenodo and a link is provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record. --------------------------------------------------- List of data provided --------------------------------------------------- This dataset contains time-series of observed global average surface specific and relative humidity during 1973-2019 --------------------------------------------------- Data provided in relation to figure --------------------------------------------------- Panel b. Global average surface specific humidity annual anomalies (1981–2010 base period): - Data file: qrh2.csv - column 2 cyan solid line - Data file: qrh2.csv - column 3 orange solid line - Data file: qrh2.csv - column 4 blue solid line - Data file: qrh2.csv - column 5 black solid line Panel d. Global average surface relative humidity annual anomalies (1981–2010 base period): - Data file: qrh2.csv - column 7 cyan solid line - Data file: qrh2.csv - column 8 orange solid line - Data file: qrh2.csv - column 9 blue solid line - Data file: qrh2.csv - column 10 black solid line RH stands for relative humidity. --------------------------------------------------- Sources of additional information --------------------------------------------------- The following weblinks are provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record: - Link to the figure on the IPCC AR6 website - Link to the report component containing the figure (Chapter 2). - Link to the Supplementary Material for Chapter 2, which contains details on the input data used in Table 2.SM.1. - Link to input data figure 2.13. - Link to the code for the figure, archived on Zenodo.