Atmospheric Flask O2/N2 Data Sets – Multiple Sampling Stations

Keeling, Ralph F. (2019). Atmospheric Flask O2/N2 Data Sets – Multiple Sampling Stations. In Scripps O2 Program Data. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0GM85NM

Atmospheric flask O2/N2 data sets taken at stations ALT, BRW, CBA, LJO, MLO, KUM, SAM, CGO, PSA, SPO, MCQ, and NWR.

Active Stations

Alert, NWT, Canada (ALT) - 82.3°N, 62.3°W, 210m: 1989 - present
Barrow, Alaska (BRW) - 71.3°N, 156.8°W, 3m: 2010 - present
Cold Bay, Alaska (CBA) 55°N 163°W, 42m: 1995 - present
La Jolla Pier, California (LJO) - 32.9°N, 117.3°W, 10m: 1989 - present
Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (MLO) - 19.5°N, 155.6°W, 3397m: 1991 - present
Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii (KUM) - 19.5°N, 154.8°W, 3m: 1993 - present
American Samoa (SAM) - 14°S 170°W: 1993 - present
Cape Grim, Australia (CGO) - 41°S 150°E, 91m: 1991 - present
Palmer Station, Antarctica (PSA) - 65°S 64°W, 2835m: 1996 - present
South Pole, Antarctica (SPO) - 90.0°S, 0.0°E, 2810m: 1991 - present

Legacy Stations

Macquarie Island (MCQ) - 54°S 159°E: 1993 - 1994
Niwot Ridge (NWR) - 40°N 105°W: 1991 - 1993

See Map of Scripps O2 Program Sampling Stations.

These atmospheric flask datasets are no longer being updated as of November 2021. For the latest datasets, go to https://doi.org/10.6075/J0HT2PH4.

• 1989 to present

• 2019

• Scripps O2 Program

The O2/N2 measurements are made on a custom interferometric analyzer. Sampling, analysis, and calibration methods are described in Keeling et al (2007) and Keeling et al (1998).

• Alert (Canada)
• Cape Grim (Australia)
• Cape Kumukahi (Hawaii)
• Cold Bay (Alaska : Bay)
• La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)
• Macquarie Island (Tasmania)
• Mauna Loa (Hawaii)
• Niwot Ridge (Colorado)
• Palmer Station (Antarctica)
• Samoa
• South Pole (Antarctica)
• Utqiaġvik (Alaska)

• Atmosphere
• Carbon dioxide
• Oxygen

• data

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J0GM85NM

Primary associated publication

• Keeling, R. F. and A. C. Manning (2014). Studies of recent changes in atmospheric O2 content. Treatise on Geochemistry, Volume 5. R. F. Keeling and L. Russell. Amsterdam, Elsevier: 385-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.00420-4
• Keeling, R. F., A. C. Manning, E. M. McEvoy and S. R. Shertz (1998). "Methods for measuring changes in atmospheric O2 concentration and their application in southern hemisphere air." Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 103(D3): 3381-3397. https://doi.org/10.1029/97JD02537
• Keeling, R. F., A. C. Manning, W. J. Paplawsky and A. C. Cox (2007). "On the long-term stability of reference gases for atmospheric O2/N2 and CO2 measurements." Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology 59(1): 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00196.x
• Manning, A. C. and R. F. Keeling (2006). "Global oceanic and land biotic carbon sinks from the Scripps atmospheric oxygen flask sampling network." Tellus 58B: 95-116. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00175.x

Other version

• Atmospheric O2 sampling station records: https://scrippso2.ucsd.edu/data.html

Reference

• Map of Scripps O2 Program Sampling Stations: https://doi.org/10.6075/J0BV7DXW

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2023-08-09