********************************************************************** *** Atmospheric CO2 concentrations (ppmv) derived from flask air *** *** samples collected at Manua Loa, Hawaii, USA *** *** Source: L.P. Steele *** *** P.B. Krummel *** *** R. L. Langenfelds, *** *** Atmospheric, Research, Commonwealth Scientific, *** *** And Industrial Research Organisation, *** *** Aspendale, Victoria, *** *** Australia 3195 *** *** *** *** December 2002 *** *** *** ********************************************************************** Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Ann. Ave. 1991 357.82 355.97 353.63 351.86 352.33 354.13 355.53 1992 356.54 357.45 358.68 359.25 359.57 358.98 356.6 354.76 353.83 353.74 354.58 355.95 356.66 1993 357.25 357.98 358.57 359.19 359.74 359.44 357.69 354.9 353.21 353.77 355.35 356.85 357 1994 357.56 357.88 359.12 360.8 361.36 360.67 359.49 357.63 355.37 355 356.76 358.49 358.34 1995 359.66 361 362.18 362.87 363.97 363 360.3 360.31 360.1 358.64 359.33 360.5 360.99 1996 361.26 362.47 363.56 364.26 364.9 364.6 362.62 360.63 359.4 359.16 360.51 362.25 362.14 1997 362.96 363.26 364.74 366.47 366.66 365.39 363.82 362.11 360.28 360.55 362.72 364.18 363.6 1998 364.79 365.79 367.48 369.06 369.46 368.3 366.81 365.36 363.69 363.88 365.67 367.04 366.44 1999 367.84 368.42 369.56 370.64 370.3 369.61 368.67 366.57 364.81 365.02 366.56 367.87 367.99 2000 369.09 370.35 371.28 371.6 371.61 371.34 369.89 367.99 366.64 366.92 368.38 369.39 369.54 2001 370.38 371.56 372.73 373.87 374.18 373.15 371.07 369.04 367.79 368.19 370.09 371.42 371.12 Monthly values are expressed in parts per million (ppm) and reported in the WMO CO2 Mole Fraction Scale (Zhao et al., 1997, J. Geophys. Res. 102 , 5885-5894). Monthly values are calculated as the mean of the daily values from a smooth curve fit to the data using curve-fitting routines described by Thoning et. al., 1989, (J. Geophys. Res. 94, 8549-8565). Annual values are the arithmetic means of the 12 monthly values.