The 1982-1983 El Niño: a 6 billion ton CO2 release

André Gaudry; Patrick Monfray; Georges Polian; Gerard Lambert

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v39i1-2.15338

The 1982-1983 El Niño: a 6 billion ton CO2 release

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 39 (1987): Issue 1-2

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

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|Jan 1987

Abstract

The atmospheric CO₂ concentration at Amsterdam Island showed important variations of the increase rate during the 1982-1983 El Niño. After elimination of the weak local and regional interferences, the main feature of the CO₂ record is a slower than normal increase rate at the beginning and at the end of this El Niño, i.e., from April to December 1982, and from July 1983 to April 1984. and higher than usual from December 1982 to July 1983. In the whole, the CO₂ increase curve is shifted upwards by 1 ppm, which corresponds to a supplementary input into the atmosphere of about 6 billion tons of CO₂.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v39i1-2.15338 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 209 - 213

Submitted on: Feb 21, 1986

Accepted on: Jun 2, 1986

Published on: Jan 1, 1987

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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