Atmospheric CO₂ Data

Sampling Station Records

Active Stations

Station Name	Station Code	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation (m)	Dates
Alert, NWT, Canada	ALT	82.3 °N	62.3 °W	210	1985 - present
Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska	PTB	71.3 °N	156.6 °W	11	1961 - present
La Jolla Pier, California	LJO	32.9 °N	117.3 °W	10	1957 - present
Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii	MLO	19.5 °N	155.6 °W	3397	1958 - present
Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii	KUM	19.5 °N	154.8 °W	3	1979 - present
Fanning Island	FAN	3.9 °N	159.4 °W	3	1977 - present
Christmas Island	CHR	2.0 °N	157.3 °W	2	1974 - present
American Samoa	SAM	14.2 °S	170.6 °W	30	1981 - present
Kermadec Island	KER	29.2 °S	177.9 °W	2	1982 -present
Baring Head, New Zealand	NZD	41.4 °S	174.9 °E	85	1977 - present
South Pole	SPO	90.0 °S		2810	1957 - present

Legacy Stations

Station Name	Station Code	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation (m)	Dates
Station P	STP	50.0 °N	145.0 °W	0	1969 - 1981
Baja California Sur, Mexico	BCS	23.3 °N	110.2 °W	4	1997 - 2009
Palmer Station, Antarctica	PSA	64.9 °S	64.0 °W	10	2005- 2007

Citation

Please cite as:

C. D. Keeling, S. C. Piper, R. B. Bacastow, M. Wahlen, T. P. Whorf, M. Heimann, and H. A. Meijer, Exchanges of atmospheric CO2 and 13CO2 with the terrestrial biosphere and oceans from 1978 to 2000. I. Global aspects, SIO Reference Series, No. 01-06, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, 88 pages, 2001.

If it is necessary to cite a peer-reviewed article, please cite as:

C. D. Keeling, S. C. Piper, R. B. Bacastow, M. Wahlen, T. P. Whorf, M. Heimann, and H. A. Meijer, Atmospheric CO2 and 13CO2 exchange with the terrestrial biosphere and oceans from 1978 to 2000: observations and carbon cycle implications, pages 83-113, in "A History of Atmospheric CO2 and its effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems", editors, Ehleringer, J.R., T. E. Cerling, M. D. Dearing, Springer Verlag, New York, 2005.

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Please direct queries to Ralph Keeling (rkeeling@ucsd.edu)