********************************************************************** *** Atmospheric H2 concentrations (ppbv) derived from flask *** *** samples collected at Shetland Islands, Scotland *** *** Source: L.P. Steele *** *** P.B. Krummel *** *** R.L. Langenfelds *** *** Commonwealth Scientific, *** *** and Industrial Research Organisation, *** *** Aspendale, Victoria, *** *** Australia 3195 *** *** *** *** March 2003 *** *** *** ********************************************************************** Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Ann. Ave. 1992 494.55 1993 503.9 504.91 511.06 513.14 511.75 508.94 496.55 490.98 495.13 492.18 483.11 486.26 499.83 1994 498.75 504.58 509.09 514.47 514.64 505.59 484.91 464.59 468.42 482.27 485.55 492.15 493.75 1995 503.26 505.88 508.85 511.3 506.8 509.03 508.2 493.86 487.54 487.29 486.21 492.53 500.06 1996 500.84 506.98 516.59 522.48 519.18 514.87 509.05 496.54 489.1 488.88 490.52 498.91 504.50 1997 505.64 506.37 510.63 514.17 514.09 509.61 501.87 492.1 480.99 481.1 489.62 493.7 499.99 1998 497.25 507.76 517.39 519.46 519.61 520.57 514.86 503.84 499.28 500.21 502.02 507.03 509.11 1999 515.35 521.26 525.61 528.3 526.89 522.32 513.11 506.25 504.44 500 496.91 498.03 513.21 2000 505.24 514 519.63 523.26 522.41 520.44 510.29 493.06 482.76 480.72 489.99 500.36 505.18 2001 502.53 503.56 508.96 513.24 516.03 526.28 520.51 489.8 474.42 477.55 478.79 483.58 499.60 Monthly values are expressed in parts per billion per volume (ppbv) and reported in the CSIRO94 H2 scale. Monthly values were calculated as the mean of the daily values from a smooth curve fit to the data using the 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.