Developing Model Constraints on Northern Extra-Tropical Carbon Cycling Based on measurements of the Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric CO2

Keeling, Ralph

doi:10.2172/1165340

Title: Developing Model Constraints on Northern Extra-Tropical Carbon Cycling Based on measurements of the Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric CO₂

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The objective of this project was to perform CO₂ data syntheses and modeling activities to address two central questions: 1) how much has the seasonal cycle in atmospheric CO₂ at northern high latitudes changed since the 1960s, and 2) how well do prognostic biospheric models represent these changes. This project also supported the continuation of the Scripps time series of CO₂ isotopes and concentration at ten baseline stations distributed globally.

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Keeling, Ralph ^[1]

Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2014

Research Org.:: Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1165340

Report Number(s):: DE-SC0005090 416419/27972A
416419/27972A

DOE Contract Number:: SC0005099

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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                    Keeling, Ralph. Developing Model Constraints on Northern Extra-Tropical Carbon Cycling Based on measurements of the Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric CO2.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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        "Developing Model Constraints on Northern Extra-Tropical Carbon Cycling Based on measurements of the Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric CO2".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1165340.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1165340.

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