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Summary:

These country-level climate data summaries were prepared with funding from the UNDP National Communication Suport Programme (NSCP) and the UK government Department for International Development (DfiD) in order to address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections made available through the WCRP CMIP3. A consistent approach has been applied for 52 developing countries in order to produce an 'off the shelf' analysis of climate data, and also make available the underlying data for each country for use in further research.

For more information: UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles

For each of the 52 countries, a report contains a set of maps and diagrams demonstrating the observed and projected climates of that country as country average timeseries as well as maps depicting changes on a 2.5° grid and summary tables of the data. A narrative summarises the data in the figures, and placing it in the context of the country's general climate.

A dataset containing the underlying observed and model data for that country, is made available for use in further research projects. The files are smaller and more manageable than the global fields made available by the PCMDI, and in text format which can be easily downloaded, read and manipulated.

Source: University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment. Accessed on 23 November 2009 at: http://country-profiles.geog.ox.ac.uk/.

For Barbados:

Recent Climate Trends

Temperature

  • Mean annual temperature in Barbados has increased by around 0.6°C since 1960, at an average rate of 0.14°C per decade.
  • There is insufficient daily observational data to identify trends in daily temperature extremes. Precipitation
  • Mean rainfall over Barbados has increased in SON, by 12.9 per month (6.2%) per decade since 1960, but this increase is not statistically significant. This increase is offset partially by decreases of around 4.0mm per month (2.1%) per decade in JJA.
  • There are insufficient daily rainfall records available to identify trends in daily rainfall extremes.

To access more information on Barbados: UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles - Barbados

Leading Organization:
UNDP National Communication Suport Programme (NSCP) and the UK government Department for International Development (DfiD)
External Resources:
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles
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