¹³CO₂ _ ALT4001 _ surface - flask _ NOAA _ sil

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	¹³CO₂	Alert	NOAA	monthly	1992-04-01 00:00:00 - 2014-12-01 00:00:00	13co2_alt4001_surface-flask_2_3101-9999_monthly	(Text: 0.08MB ; NetCDF: 0.09MB )	png
	¹³CO₂	Alert	NOAA	event	1992-04-30 21:50:00 - 2014-12-26 18:29:00	13co2_alt4001_surface-flask_2_3101-9999_event	(Text: 0.62MB ; NetCDF: 0.82MB )	png

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Organization

NO	2
Acronym	NOAA
Name	Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA
Address 1	NOAA/ESRL
Address 2	R/GML1
Address 3	325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Country/Territory	United States of America
Website	https://gml.noaa.gov/

Contact(s)

Last updated date	2020-09-14
Name	James White
Prefix
Email	James.White@colorado.edu
Organization No	34
Organization acronym	INSTAAR
Organization name	Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
Organization country/territory	United States of America
Address 1	Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Address 2	Campus Box 450
Address 3	University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450
Country/territory	United States of America
Tel	(303) 492-5494
Fax	(303) 492-6388

Last updated date	2023-10-02
Name	Bruce H Vaughn
Prefix
Email	Bruce.Vaughn@colorado.edu
Organization No	34
Organization acronym	INSTAAR
Organization name	Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
Organization country/territory	United States of America
Address 1	Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Address 2	Campus Box 450
Address 3	University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450
Country/territory	United States of America
Tel	(303) 492-7985
Fax	(303) 492-6388

Last updated date	2023-10-02
Name	Sylvia Michel
Prefix
Email	sylvia.michel@colorado.edu
Organization No	34
Organization acronym	INSTAAR
Organization name	Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
Organization country/territory	United States of America
Address 1	Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Address 2	Campus Box 450
Address 3	University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450
Country/territory	United States of America
Tel	(303)735-5850
Fax	(303) 492-6388

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Collaborator(s)

NO	20
Acronym	ECCC
Name	Environment and Climate Change Canada

Aim of Observation

Background observation

Data Time zone

UTC

Unit

permil

Calibration Scale

9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: PDB

Instrument(s)

9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: Unknown(Mass spectrometry)

Intake Height above ground level

Sampling Frequency

weekly

Measurement Calibration

PDB (Pee Dee Bellemnite) is a carbonate, and its link to CO2-in-air standards differs among laboratories. Ongoing intercomparison experiments are essential for assessing the comparability of isotope measurements from one lab with another (Masarie et al., 2001; Allison et al., 2003; Ghosh, P., Patecki, M., Rothe, M. and Brand, W.A. 2005). Measurement accuracy based on results from intercomparison experiments is 0.03 per mil.

Data Processing

Samples are run daily from a cylinder whose isotope value is known: this "trap" tank alerts us to any problems with the mass spectrometer or extraction system. We also use this cylinder to calculate uncertainty, which we define as the standard deviation of ten runs' worth of trap measurements. Usually four trap samples are run a day, of which all but the first are used (due to known irregularities caused by the tank regulator). For each run, the uncertainty is calculated from the trap data from that run, regardless of its flagging, and the previous nine runs of unflagged data. (For example, if the current run is flagged, that trap data will be used in the uncertainty calculation; however, the next day's run will not use the flagged data in its uncertainty calculation. Presumably, whatever caused one run to be flagged will have been repaired.) As of November 2009, uncertanty is calculated with each run, and has been back-calculated to 2004. On the Optima (flask measurement system) uncertainty averages 0.014 permil for d13C and 0.035 permil for d18O; for the Isoprime (PFP system), uncertainty averages 0.017 permil for d13C and 0.04 permil for d18O.

Processing for averaging

[Hourly]
[Daily]
[Monthly] Monthly means are produced for each site by first averaging all valid measurement results in the event file with a unique sample date and time. Values are then extracted at weekly intervals from a smooth curve (Thoning et al., 1989) fitted to the averaged data and these weekly values are averaged for each month to give the monthly means recorded in the files. Flagged data are excluded from the curve fitting process. Some sites are excluded from the monthly mean directory because sparse data or a short record does not allow a reasonable curve fit. Also, if there are 3 or more consecutive months without data, monthly means are not calculated for these months.

Original Data Quality Flag

NOAA ESRL uses a 3-column quality control flag where each column
is defined as follows:

column 1 REJECTION flag. An alphanumeric other
than a period (.) in the FIRST column indicates
a sample with obvious problems during collection
or analysis. This measurement should not be interpreted.

column 2 SELECTION flag. An alphanumeric other than a
period (.) in the SECOND column indicates a sample
that is likely valid but does not meet selection
criteria determined by the goals of a particular
investigation.

column 3 INFORMATION flag. An alphanumeric other than a period (.)
in the THIRD column provides additional information
about the collection or analysis of the sample.

WARNING: A ""P"" in the 3rd column of the QC flag indicates
the measurement result is preliminary and has not yet been
carefully examined by the PI. The ""P"" flag is removed once
the quality of the measurement has been determined.

Samples are collected in pairs, and in order for a value to be
retained, the flask pair difference must meet the threshold tolerance
for the specific instrument being used. For samples analyzed prior
to 1996 pairs must agree to within 0.09 per mil for C13 and 0.15 per
mil for O18. For post-1996 analyses, done on both Optima and Isoprime
mass spectrometers, pairs must agree to within 0.06 per mil for C13
and 0.12 per mil for O18.

Typically, pairs are flagged for pair rejection more frequently for
d18O of CO2 than for d13C of CO2. The reason for the lower success
rate in O18 pair agreement is likely related to the isotopic exchange
of water vapor and CO2 in the flask during storage and analysis. This
is dramatically demonstrated in the particularly low pair agreements
at high humidity, low latitude sites. See Section 7, Data-General
Comments for more details on the O18 data set.

FLAG DEFINITIONS

*********************Reject flags (1st flag character)********************

Automatic flags - applied daily during data reduction by a processing program

A problems in analysis or data reduction. Typically, the A
is applied when the working references run at the beginning,
middle, or end of the run have a standard deviation higher
than 0.04 or 0.08 permil for d13C and d18O, respectively. For
measurements prior to 1996, values differ by more than 0.075
and 0.14 permil, respectively.

+ bad pair (high member). Values differ by more than 0.06
or 0.12 permil for d13C and d18O, respectively. For
measurements prior to 1996, values differ by more than 0.09
and 0.15 permil, respectively)

- bad pair (low menber). See above.

H The trap tank run on the same day has an average d13C or d18O value
greater than 0.15 or 0.3 permil above its long term averages,
respectively (since 2005.)

L The trap tank run on the same day has an average d13C or d18O value
less than 0.15 or 0.3 permil above its long term averages,
respectively (since 2005.)

. good flask

Flags applied periodically by code

C flagged for CO2 mole fraction (by NOAA CO2 measurement lab)

W flask sampled 'wet' (applied to o18 data only). See
comments.

N/n problem due to sample collection (inherited from CO2
measurements)

Hand flags - applied by hand or in software (REFLAG) to selected flasks

! hand flag

*******************Non-background flags (2nd flag character)****************

ground flags - applied by outlier-identification software (CCG_FILTER)

X Outlier by more than 3-sigma from a CCGVU curve

x Outlier by more than 3-sigma in CO2 concentration

. Good flask

Hand flags - applied by hand to selected flasks

! hand flag

*********************Retain flags (3rd flag character)***********************

Automatic flags - applied during data reduction (by the processing program)

S - single flask (flask without a pair mate)

o - no trap data available for comparisons

H The trap tank run on the same day has an average d13C or d18O
value greater than 0.045 or 0.09 permil above its long term
averages, respectively (since 2005.)

L The trap tank run on the same day has an average d13C or d18O
value less than 0.045 or 0.09 permil above its long term
averages, respectively (since 2005.)

P Data has poor precision in dual inlet analysis: greater
than 0.02 permil for d13C and 0.03 permil for d18O (since 2005).

T The trap tank run on the same day has high standard
deviation of its (typically) three measurements: above 0.08
permil and 0.16 permil for d13C and d18O respectively (since 2005).

Additional flags

L linked flask (0.5-liter flask analyzed together with its
mate)

I flask also analyzed by another lab (aliquot taken)

i same as ""I"" above, but displaced a previous flag in this
field.

. no comments

Data Quality Flag (Valid/Invalid)

Observation Status

Temporarily suspended

Description

Meteorological Data Availability
(1: Available)

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Wind speed:
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Air pressure:
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Dew point temperature:
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Sea surface water temperature:
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Meteorological Data Description

Meteorological data may remain as first provided, even when greenhouse gas data are updated.

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All ¹³CO₂ data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2024-08-13
All ¹³CO₂ data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2023-07-20
All ¹³CO₂ data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2022-07-12
All ¹³CO₂ data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2021-07-20
All ¹³CO₂ data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2020-09-14
All ¹³CO₂ data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2019-09-19
All ¹³CO₂ data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2018-10-18

Geolocation Point

Latitude (north: +; south: -)	82.4991455078
Longitude (east: +; west: -)	-62.3415260315

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James White (INSTAAR), Bruce H Vaughn (INSTAAR), Sylvia Michel (INSTAAR), Atmospheric ¹³CO₂ at Alert by Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA , dataset published as ¹³CO₂_ALT4001_ surface-flask_NOAA_sil at WDCGG, ver. 2025-01-01-0002 (Reference date^*: YYYY/MM/DD)

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Reference(s)

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1	Mook, W.G. and J. Jongsma. 1987. Measurement of the N2O correction for 13C/12C ratios of atmospheric CO2 by removal of N2O. Tellus 39B: 96-99.
2	Ghosh, P., M. Patecki, M. Rothe and W.A. Brand. 2005. Calcite-CO2 mixed into CO2-free Air: A New CO2 in-Air Stable Isotope Reference Material for the VPDB Scale. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 19: 1097-1119.
3	Thoning, K.W., P.P. Tans, and W.D. Komhyr. 1989. Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory 2. Analysis of the NOAA GMCC data, 1974-1985, Journal of Geophysical Research 94: 8549-8565.
4	For more publications see the Stable Isotope Lab web site at: http://instaar.colorado.edu/research/labs-groups/stable-isotope-laboratory/publications-detail/
5	Assonov, S.S., and Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M. 2003. On the 17O correction for CO2 mass spectrometric isotopic analysis. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 17(10): 1007-1016.
6	Battle. M., M.L. Bender, P.P. Tans, J.W.C. White, J.T. Ellis, T. Conway, and R.J. Francey. 2000. Global carbon sinks and their variability inferred from the atmospheric O2 and d13C. Science 287: 2467-2470.
7	Brand, W.A., S.S. Assonov, and T.B. Coplen. 2009. Correction for the 17O interference in d13C measurements when analyzing CO2 with stable isotope mass spectrometry (IUPAC Technical Report). Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry 82(8): 1719-1733.
8	Ciais, P., P.P. Tans, J.W.C. White, M. Trolier, R.J. Francey, J.A. Berry, D.R. Randall, R.J. Sellers, J.G. Collatz and D.S. Schimel. 1995. Partitioning of ocean and land uptake of CO2 as inferred by d13C measurements from the NOAA/CMDL global air sampling network, Journal of Geophysical Research 100: 5051-5070.
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10	Ciais, P., A.S. Denning, P.P. Tans, J.A. Berry, D.A. Randall, G.J. Collatz, P.J. Sellers, J.W.C. White, M. Trolier, H.A.J. Meyer, R.J. Francey, P. Monfray, and M. Heimann. 1997. A three-dimensional synthesis study of d18O in atmospheric CO2. 1. Surface fluxes. Journal of Geophysical Research 102: 5857-5872.
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