Seasonal variations of atmospheric CO2 in the southern Indian Ocean

Patrick Monfray; André Gaudry; Georges Polian; Gérard Lambert

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v39i1-2.15323

Seasonal variations of atmospheric CO2 in the southern Indian Ocean

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 39 (1987): Issue 1-2

By: Patrick Monfray, André Gaudry, Georges Polian and Gérard Lambert

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|Jan 1987

Abstract

Atmospheric CO₂ recording at Amsterdam Island shows a 0.7 ppm seasonal effect, nonattributable to local causes and significantly different from the results obtained in other southern hemisphere stations. An attempt is made at comparing this seasonal variation to CO₂ models.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v39i1-2.15323 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 67 - 71

Submitted on: Dec 27, 1985

Accepted on: Apr 2, 1986

Published on: Jan 1, 1987

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1987 Patrick Monfray, André Gaudry, Georges Polian, Gérard Lambert, published by Stockholm University Press
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