The American Meteorological Society recently published its 34th annual State of the Climate report, which makes a review of the year 2023.
CESBIO scientists Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez and Diane Duchemin contributed to the study on global soil moisture. The data used comes from microwave satellite remote sensing, provided by the ESA Climate Change Initiative and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
The report states that “the increase in global soil moisture observed over the previous four years reversed in 2023, and the soil moisture values declined back to 2020 levels”, as shown in the figure. More information on the climate context or regional anomalies can be found directly in the report.
Time series of monthly surface soil moisture anomalies (m3/m3) for 1991-2023. Source : Copernicus Climate Change Service [C3S] Soil Moisture
Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 105, No. 8, August 2024 https://doi.org/10.1175/2024BAMSStateoftheClimate.1. Compiled by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, State of the Climate in 2023 is based on contributions from scientists from around the world. It provides a detailed update on global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice, and in space.