Atmospheric CO2 Record from In Situ Measurements at K-Puszta, Hungary (1981 - 1997)
Abstract
The K-puszta regional background air pollution monitoring station was established in a clearing in a mixed forest on the Hungarian Great Plain in the middle of the Carpathian Basin. K-puszta is as free from direct pollution as possible in the highly industrialized, densely populated central Europe. Because of the growing vegetation, the station was moved in September 1993 to a larger clearing, also at the same elevation, approximately 500 m from the original site. The region is climatologically calm. The yearly mean atmospheric CO2 concentration at K-puszta, Hungary increased from 354.1 parts per million (ppm) in 1981 to 377.0 ppm in 1997. Because the K-puszta station is located in a clearing of a forested area on the Hungarian Great Plain, it is subject to significant biospheric effects. As a result, the record from K-puszta shows high seasonal and interannual variability. However, the trends and temporal features of the K-puszta record parallel those observed at other Northern Hemisphere baseline air pollution monitoring stations (Haszpra 1995).
- Authors:
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- Hungarian Meteorological Service, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Budapest, Hungary
- Publication Date:
- Product Type:
- Dataset
- Research Org.:
- Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (USA)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1409298
- DOI:
- 10.3334/CDIAC/ATG.014
Citation Formats
Haszpra, Laszlo. Atmospheric CO2 Record from In Situ Measurements at K-Puszta, Hungary (1981 - 1997). United States: N. p., 1998.
Web. doi:10.3334/CDIAC/ATG.014.
Haszpra, Laszlo. Atmospheric CO2 Record from In Situ Measurements at K-Puszta, Hungary (1981 - 1997). United States. doi:10.3334/CDIAC/ATG.014.
Haszpra, Laszlo. 1998.
"Atmospheric CO2 Record from In Situ Measurements at K-Puszta, Hungary (1981 - 1997)". United States. doi:10.3334/CDIAC/ATG.014. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1409298. Pub date:Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 1998
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title = {Atmospheric CO2 Record from In Situ Measurements at K-Puszta, Hungary (1981 - 1997)},
author = {Haszpra, Laszlo},
abstractNote = {The K-puszta regional background air pollution monitoring station was established in a clearing in a mixed forest on the Hungarian Great Plain in the middle of the Carpathian Basin. K-puszta is as free from direct pollution as possible in the highly industrialized, densely populated central Europe. Because of the growing vegetation, the station was moved in September 1993 to a larger clearing, also at the same elevation, approximately 500 m from the original site. The region is climatologically calm. The yearly mean atmospheric CO2 concentration at K-puszta, Hungary increased from 354.1 parts per million (ppm) in 1981 to 377.0 ppm in 1997. Because the K-puszta station is located in a clearing of a forested area on the Hungarian Great Plain, it is subject to significant biospheric effects. As a result, the record from K-puszta shows high seasonal and interannual variability. However, the trends and temporal features of the K-puszta record parallel those observed at other Northern Hemisphere baseline air pollution monitoring stations (Haszpra 1995).},
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