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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)

Name Xin Lan
Prefix
Email xin.lan@noaa.gov
Organization No 2
Organization acronym NOAA
Organization name Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA
Organization country/territory United States of America
Address 1 NOAA GML
Address 2 325 Broadway R/GML-1
Address 3 Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Country/territory United States of America
Tel
Fax
Last updated date 2024-08-01


Name Kirk Thoning
Prefix
Email kirk.w.thoning@noaa.gov
Organization No 2
Organization acronym NOAA
Organization name Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA
Organization country/territory United States of America
Address 1 NOAA GML
Address 2 325 Broadway R/GML-1
Address 3 Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Country/territory United States of America
Tel 303-497-6078
Fax
Last updated date 2024-08-19


 Background observation
 UTC
 ppm
 9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: WMO CO2 X2019
 1974-05-01 00:00:00 - 2020-03-26 22:00:00: Unknown(NDIR)
 2019-06-01 00:00:00 - 2024-04-30 00:00:00: Unknown(CRDS)
 Unknown
 CO2 measurements from flask-air samples were recalculated onto the X2019 CO2 mole fraction scale by first reassigning all standards used on the CO2 analysis sytems to X2019. CO2 values on X2019 from air samples were caluclated by reprocessing the original raw files (i.e., files with raw analyzer output (typically voltages)) with the updated assignments for the standards. A detailed description of the scale revision from X2007 to X2019 is given in Hall et al. (2020), but the main reasons were to correct biases caused by CO2 absorption by O-rings in the manometric calibration system and to correct a virial coefficient used in the calculation. The magnitiude of the differences between X2019 and X2007 varies with CO2 abundance, and is typically between 0.1 and 0.2 ppm. Some differences from the late-2000s and early-2010s are larger (up to ~0.3 ppm) because of a mis-assigned standard on the system used to transfer the scale to working standards.
Measurements prior to ~1980 from early analytical systems (instrument codes LR1 and LR2) could not be reprocessed onto X2019; they remain on a CO2 scale originally developed at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
 
 [Hourly] Starting in about 1986 (depending on site), minute average or 10 second average values of the analyzer output are recorded, and an hourly average and standard deviation of the ambient mole fraction CO2 is calculated (prior to about 1986, the standard deviation was not available). The value_std_dev takes into account the analyzer standard deviation, so normally it is not 0 even if nvalue=1. A value_std_dev value of 0.0 or -99.99 would indicate times when the analyzer output standard deviation for the hour is not available.
For spectrometer systems and for the SPO NDIR system starting in January 2018, 5-minute averages are used to calculate hourly averages, but value_std_dev includes variability in the 5-min averages, so it is greater than the normal sample SD of the 5-min averages that go into the hourly mean, and when nvalue=1 (i.e., one 5-min average in the hourly mean), value_std_dev is still calculated and reported.
 [Daily] Daily values derived from hourly data representative of baseline conditions
 [Monthly] Monthly values derived from hourly data representative of baseline conditions
 This is the NOAA 3-character quality control flag. Column 1 is the 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 is the 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 is the INFORMATION flag. An alphanumeric other than a period (.) in the THIRD column provides additional information about the collection or analysis of the sample.
 Valid (background): ...
 Valid (background): ..?
 Valid: .??
 Invalid: ???
 Operational/Reporting
 Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Dry Air Mole Fractions from quasi-continuous measurements at Mauna Loa, Hawaii.

These data are provided by NOAA. Principal investigators include Kirk Thoning (NOAA) AND Xin Lan (NOAA).

Please cite the product's citation when using data from this dataset : K.W. Thoning, A.M. Crotwell, and J.W. Mund (2024), Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Dry Air Mole Fractions from continuous measurements at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, Barrow, Alaska, American Samoa and South Pole, 1973-present. Version 2024-08-15, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML), Boulder, Colorado, USA https://doi.org/10.15138/yaf1-bk21
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Meteorological data may remain as first provided, even when greenhouse gas data are updated.
 

 DOI Metadata

DOI
co2_mlo_surface-insitu_2_3001-9999_hourly.nc 10.15138/yaf1-bk21
co2_mlo_surface-insitu_2_3001-9999_hourly.txt 10.15138/yaf1-bk21
co2_mlo_surface-insitu_2_3001-9999_daily.nc 10.15138/yaf1-bk21
co2_mlo_surface-insitu_2_3001-9999_daily.txt 10.15138/yaf1-bk21
co2_mlo_surface-insitu_2_3001-9999_monthly.nc 10.15138/yaf1-bk21
co2_mlo_surface-insitu_2_3001-9999_monthly.txt 10.15138/yaf1-bk21
For more information, please refer: doi.org/10.15138/yaf1-bk21

 Related information

Format Text (WDCGG Data Format Table, WDCGG Meteorological Data Format Table), NetCDF
Relation List (Is Part Of) All CO2 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2024-09-24
All CO2 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2023-09-13
All CO2 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2022-09-07
All CO2 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2021-09-08
All CO2 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2020-09-28
All CO2 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2019-09-19
All CO2 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2018-10-25
Geolocation Point
Latitude (north: +; south: -) 19.5362300873
Longitude (east: +; west: -) -155.5761566162

 GAW Data Policy

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 Citation format

This format is an example of the WDCGG standard citation.
Please follow the citation format which the data providers or owners indicate.
Xin Lan (NOAA), Kirk Thoning (NOAA), Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa (HI) by Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA , dataset published as CO2_MLO_ surface-insitu_NOAA_ccgg at WDCGG, ver. 2024-08-19-0748 (Reference date*: YYYY/MM/DD)

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 Reference(s)

1  K.W. Thoning, A.M. Crotwell, and J.W. Mund (2024), Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Dry Air Mole Fractions from continuous measurements at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, Barrow, Alaska, American Samoa and South Pole, 1973-present. Version 2024-08-15, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML), Boulder, Colorado, USA https://doi.org/10.15138/yaf1-bk21
2  Thoning, K.W., P.P. Tans, and W.D. Komhyr, Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory, 2. Analysis of the NOAA/GMCC data, 1974 1985., J. Geophys. Res. ,94, 8549 8565, 1989
3  Thoning, K.W. Selection of NOAA/GMCC CO2 data from Mauna Loa Observatory, In The Statistical Treatment of CO2 Data Records, NOAA Tech. Mem. (ERL ARL 173), Environ. Res. Lab., 131 pp., 1989
4  Komhyr, W.D., T.B. Harris, L.S. Waterman, J.F.S. Chin, and K.W. Thoning, Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory: 1. NOAA Global Monitoring for Climatic Change measurements with a nondispersive infrared analyzer, 1974 1985, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 8533 8547, 1989.