********************************************************************** *** Atmospheric CO2 concentrations (ppmv) derived from flask air *** *** samples collected at Shetland Island, Scotland *** *** 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. Avg. 1992 358.8 1993 359.33 360.42 361.85 361.82 361.66 359.39 351.37 346.74 349.13 353.29 357.28 360.44 356.89 1994 361.95 362.13 363.09 363.14 361.73 359.34 353.87 349.2 350.52 356.19 360.34 361.92 358.62 1995 363.58 364.17 364.53 364.96 364.17 360.91 355.28 351.93 353.86 358.19 361.35 363.77 360.56 1996 365.63 365.78 366.01 366.58 366.06 364.13 358.91 353.77 355.09 360.08 363.79 366.15 362.67 1997 366.86 366.9 367.86 368.52 368.13 365.04 358.85 354.84 356.49 361.19 365.47 367.75 363.99 1998 368.74 369.14 369.69 369.55 369.08 367.35 360.78 356.36 359.94 364.9 367.47 369.77 366.06 1999 371.8 372.09 372.22 372.53 371.64 369.08 363.62 359.49 361.76 365.76 368.66 371.05 368.31 2000 372.19 372.73 373.33 373.24 372.23 370.39 365.36 359.89 360.91 365.61 370.28 373.45 369.13 2001 374.23 374.88 375.93 376.01 374.59 371.81 366.37 361.3 362.83 367.79 371.53 374.39 370.97 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.