Scientific Literature
1950 - 1959
The pile irradiation of polyethylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76 (1954): 4304-4311.
A Viscometer for Solutions of High Polymers. Journal of Polymer Science. 14 (1954): 105-111.
Variations in concentration and isotopic abundances of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Recent Research in Climatology. Ed. H. Craig. Proceedings of a Conference held at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 25-26 March 1957: Committee on Research in Water Resources and University of California, 1957. 43-49. PDF
The Concentration and Isotopic Abundances of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in Rural Areas. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta. 13 (1958): 322-334.
1960 - 1969
The Concentration and Isotopic Abundances of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere. Tellus. 12 (1960): 200-203. PDF
Effect of Local Environment on the Isotopic Enrichment in Plants. Comitato Nazionale per L’Energia Nucleare, Laboratorio di Geologia Nucleare Pisa. (1960): 214-215.
The Concentration and Isotopic Abundances of Carbon Dioxide in Rural and Marine Air. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta. 24 (1961): 277-298.
A Mechanism for Cyclic Enrichment of Carbon-12 by Terrestrial Plants. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta. 24 (1961): 299-313.
Large-Scale Atmospheric Mixing as Deduced from the Seasonal and Meridional Variations of Carbon Dioxide. Journal of Geophysical Research. 68 (1963): 3899-3920.
The Effects of Atmospheric N2O on the Measured Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric CO2. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta. 27 (1963): 549-551.
The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide in Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research. 70 (1965): 6077-6085.
Carbon Dioxide in Surface Waters of the Pacific Ocean 2. Calculation of the Exchange with the Atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research. 70 (1965): 6099-6102.
Carbon dioxide in surface waters of the pacific Ocean. I. Measurements of the distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research. 70 (1965): 6087-6097.
The Concentration of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in Hawaii. Journal of Geophysical Research. 70 (1965): 6053-6076.
Carbon Dioxide in Surface Waters. Nature. 205 (1965): 1099-1100.
The Simultaneous Use of Chemical Tracers in Oceanic Studies I. General Theory of Reservoir Models. Tellus. 19 (1967): 566-581.
Carbon Dioxide in Surface Ocean Waters 4. Global Distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research. 73 (1968): 4543-4553.
The Simultaneous Use of Chemical Tracers in Oceanic Studies II. A Three-Reservoir Model of the North and South Pacific Oceans. Tellus. 20 (1968): 17-54.
Concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide at 500 and 700 millibars. Journal of Geophysical Research. 73 (1968): 4511-4528.
Carbon Dioxide in Surface Ocean Waters 3. Measurements on Lusiad Expedition 1962–1963. Journal of Geophysical Research. 73 (1968): 4529-4541.
top1970 - 1979
Principally responsible for Section 1.2.1 ’Carbon Dioxide’. Man's Impact on the Global Environment. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1970. 46-55.
A Chemist Thinks About the Future, Professor’s Inaugural Lecture, May 29, 1969. Archives of Environmental Health. 20 (1970): 764-777.
Is Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuel Changing Man's Environment?. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 114 (1970): 10-17.
Quantitative analysis of total carbon dioxide in sea water: A new extraction method. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 17 (1970): 9-17.
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Radiocarbon in the Natural Carbon Cycle: II. Changes from A.D. 1700 to 2070 as Deduced from a Geochemical Model. Brookhaven Symposium in Biology No. 24, Carbon and the Biosphere. Ed. G.M. Woodwell and E.V. Pecan. United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1973. 86-135.
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Radiocarbon in the Natural Carbon Cycle: I. Quantitative Deductions from the Records of Mauna Loa Observatory and at the South Pole. Brookhaven Symposium in Biology No. 24, Carbon and the Biosphere. Ed. G.M. Woodwell and E.V. Pecan. United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1973. 51-85.
Industrial Production of Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuels and Limestone. Tellus. 25 (1973): 174-198.
The Carbon Dioxide Cycle: Reservoir Models to Depict the Exchange of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide with the Oceans and Land Plants, chapter 6. Chemistry of the Lower Atmosphere. Ed. S.I. Rasool. New York: Plenum Press, 1973. 251-329.
The Physical Basis of Climate and Climate Modelling, Author of Section 5.7. Carbon Dioxide Processes, GARP Publication Series No. 16. International Council of Scientific Unions, 1975. 64-66.
Modulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide by the Southern Oscillation. Nature. 261 (1976): 116-118.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide variations at the South Pole. Tellus. 28 (1976): 552-564.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide variations at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. Tellus. 28 (1976): 538-551.
The Influence of Mauna Loa Observatory on the Development of Atmospheric CO2 Research. Mauna Loa Observatory : a 20th anniversary report. Ed. Miller, John. Silver Spring, Md.: Environmental Research Laboratories, Air Resources Laboratories, 1978. . PDF
Atmospheric carbon dioxide in the 19th century; discussion and reply. Science. 202 (1978): 1109.
The Suess effect: 13Carbon-14Carbon interrelations. Environment International. 2 (1979): 229-300.
Recent trends in the 13C/12C ratio of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Nature. 277 (1979): 121-123.
The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide at Baring Head, New Zealand. Tellus. 31 (1979): 58-67.
top1980 - 1989
Atmospheric carbon dioxide, the southern oscillation, and the weak 1975 El Nino. Science. 210 (1980): 66-68.
The Oceans and Biosphere as Future Sinks for Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide. Interactions of Energy and Climate. Ed. Bach, Wilfrid,Pankrath, Jurgen,Williams, Jill. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Pub. Co., 1980. 129-147.
Predicted shift in the 13C/12C ratio of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Geophysical Research Letters. 7 (1980): 505-508.
Chapter 3 (Sections 3.2 and 3.3, pp 86-94, authored by C.D. Keeling.). SCOPE 16: Carbon Cycle Modelling. Ed. Bolin, Bert. Chichester: Wiley & Sons, 1981. 81-101.
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration and the Observed Airborne Fraction. SCOPE 16: Carbon Cycle Modelling. Ed. Bolin, Bert. Chichester: Wiley & Sons, 1981. 103-112.
Hemispheric Airborne Fractions Difference and the Hemispheric Exchange Time. SCOPE 16: Carbon Cycle Modelling. Ed. Bolin, Bert. Chichester: Wiley & Sons, 1981. 241-246.
Pioneer Effect Correction to the Observed Airborne Fraction. SCOPE 16: Carbon Cycle Modelling. Ed. Bolin, Bert. Chichester: Wiley & Sons, 1981. 247-248.
The Oceans and Biosphere as Future Sinks for Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide. SCOPE 16: Carbon Cycle Modelling. Ed. Bolin, Bert. Chichester: Wiley & Sons, 1981. 1-28.
Determination of tropospheric nitrous oxide. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans and Atmospheres. 86 (1981): 7197-7202.
Calculations of Carrier Gas Effects in Non-Dispersive Infrared Analysers. II. Comparisons with Experiment. Tellus. 34 (1982): 385-397.
Measurements of the Concentration of Carbon Dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. Carbon Dioxide Review. Ed. Clark, W.C.. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. 377-385.
Seasonal Effects of Temperature and Salinity on the Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide in Seawater. Nature. 300 (1982): 511-513.
Seasonal, Latitudinal, and Secular Variations in the Abundance and Isotopic Ratios of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 1. Results from Land Stations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans and Atmospheres. 88 (1983): 915-933.
Seasonal, Latitudinal, and Secular Variations in the Abundance and Isotopic Ratios of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 2. Results from Oceanographic Cruises in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research. 89 (1984): 4615-4628.
Seasonal Amplitude Increase in Atmospheric CO2 Concentration at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, 1959-1982. Journal of Geophysical Research. 90 (1985): 10529-10540.
An Estimate of the Biospheric Contribution to the Atmospheric CO2 Increase Based on Direct Measurements at Mauna Loa Observatory. Journal of Geophysical Research. 90 (1985): 3741-3746.
Effects of El Nino/Southern Oscillation on the atmospheric content of carbon dioxide. Meteoritics. 20 (1985): 437-450.
The Concentration of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide at Ocean Weather Station 'P' From 1969 to 1981. Journal of Geophysical Research. 90 (1985): 10511-10528.
Relationship Between Atmospheric CO2 Variations and a Satellite-Derived Vegetation Index. Nature. 319 (1985): 195-199.
Reassessment of late 19th century atmospheric carbon dioxide variations in the air of western Europe and the British Isles based on an unpublished analysis of contemporary air masses by G.S. Callendar. Tellus Series B Chemical and Physical Meteorology. 38 (1986): 87-105.
Meridional Eddy Diffusion Model of the Transport of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 1. The Seasonal Carbon Cycle over the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research. 91 (1986): 7765-7781.
Simulating the Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Distribution with a Three-Dimensional Tracer Model. The Changing Carbon Cycle, A Global Analysis. Ed. Trabalka, J.R. and D.E. Reichle. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986. 16-49.
Meridional Eddy Diffusion Model of the Transport of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 2. The Mean Annual Carbon Cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research. 91 (1986): 7782-7796.
A Three Dimensional Model of Atmospheric CO2 Transport Based on Observed Winds: 2. Model Description and Simulated Tracer Experiments. Aspects of Climate Variability in the Pacific and the Western Americas. Ed. Peterson, David H.. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union, 1989. 237-275. PDF
A Three Dimensional Model of Atmospheric CO2 Winds: 3. Seasonal Cycle and Synoptic Time Scale Variations. Aspects of Climate Variability in the Pacific and the Western Americas. Ed. Peterson, David H.. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union, 1989. 277-303. PDF
A Three Dimensional Model of Atmospheric CO2 Transport Based on Observed Winds: 1. Analysis of Observational Data. Aspects of Climate Variability in the Pacific and the Western Americas. Ed. Peterson, David H.. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union, 1989. 165-236. PDF
A Three Dimensional Model of Atmosperhic CO2 Transport Based on Observed Winds: 4. Mean Annual Gradients and Interannual Variations. Aspects of Climate Variability in the Pacific and the Western Americas. Ed. Peterson, David H.. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union, 1989. 305-363. PDF
Modelling the seasonal contribution of a CO2 fertilization effect of the terrestrial vegetation to the amplitude increase in atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory. Tellus, Series B (Chemical and Physical Meteorology). 41B (1989): 487-510.
top1990 - 1999
Reply to Idso. [On the causes of seasonal variations in atmospheric CO2]. Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology. 43B (1991): 342-346.
Lecture 2: Surface Ocean CO2. The Global Carbon Cycle. Ed. Heimann, M.. Berlin: Springer, 1993. 413-429.
Lecture 1: Global Observations of Atmospheric CO2. The Global Carbon Cycle. Ed. Heimann, M.. Berlin: Springer, 1993. 1-29.
Interannual extremes in the rate of rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide since 1980. Nature. 375 (1995): 666-670.
The 13C Suess effect in the world surface oceans and its implications for oceanic uptake of CO2: Analysis of observations at Bermuda. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 10 (1996): 335-346. PDF
Global net carbon exchange and intra-annual atmospheric CO2 concentrations predicted by an ecosystem process model and three-dimensional atmospheric transport model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 10 (1996): 431-456.
Increased activity of northern vegetation inferred from atmospheric CO2 measurements. Nature. 382 (1996): 146-149.
Possible forcing of global temperature by the oceanic tides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94 (1997): 8321-8328.
Increased plant growth in the northern high latitudes from 1981 to 1991. Nature. 386 (1997): 698-702.
Carbon-13 constraints on the seasonal inorganic carbon budget at the BATS site in the northwestern Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 45 (1998): 673-717.
Rewards and penalties of monitoring the earth. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment. 23 (1998): 25-82.
Interannual variations in satellite-sensed vegetation index data from 1981 to 1991. Journal of Geophysical Research. 103 (1998): 6145-6160.
Rising carbon. New Scientist. 157 (1998): 54-54.
Seasonal Carbon Cycling in the Sargasso Sea Near Bermuda. Univ. of California Press. 30 (1999): .
Spatiotemporal patterns of carbon-13 in the global surface oceans and the oceanic Suess effect. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 13 (1999): 307-335.
top2000 - 2009
The 1,800-year oceanic tidal cycle: A possible cause of rapid climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 97 (2000): 3814-3819.
Ocean pCO2 calculated from dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and equations for K-1 and K-2: validation based on laboratory measurements of CO2 in gas and seawater at equilibrium. Marine Chemistry. 70 (2000): 105-119.
An improved estimate of the isotopic air-sea disequilibrium of CO2: Implications for the oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2. Geophysical Research Letters. 28 (2001): 555-558.
Interannual variability in the North Atlantic Ocean carbon sink. Science. 298 (2002): 2374-2378.
Consistency and synthesis of Pacific Ocean CO2 survey data. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 49 (2002): 21-58.
Tropical rain forest tree growth and atmospheric carbon dynamics linked to interannual temperature variation during 1984-2000. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100 (2003): 5852-5857.
Two decades of ocean CO2 sink and variability. Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology. 55 (2003): 649-656.
Climate-driven increases in global terrestrial net primary production from 1982 to 1999. Science. 300 (2003): 1560-1563.
Interannual variability of the upper ocean carbon cycle at station ALOHA near Hawaii. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 18 (2004): 18.
El Nino-Southern Oscillation-induced variability in terrestrial carbon cycling. Journal of Geophysical Research. 109 (2004): 8 pp.
Seasonal and long-term dynamics of the upper ocean carbon cycle at Station ALOHA near Hawaii. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 18 (2004): 28.
Atmospheric CO2 and (CO2)-C13 exchange with the terrestrial biosphere and oceans from 1978 to 2000: Observations and carbon cycle implications. A History of Atmospheric CO2 and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. Ed. Ehleringer, J.R.,Cerling, T.E.,Dearing, M.D.. Springer-Verlag, 2005. 83-113.
Insights from stable isotopes on the role of terrestrial ecosystems in the global carbon cycle. Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Ed. Canadell, J.G.,Pataki, D.E.,Pitelka, L.F.. Berlin: Springer, 2007. 37-44.
top2010 - 2019
Evolution of natural and anthropogenic fluxes of atmospheric CO2 from 1957 to 2003. Tellus B. 63 (2011): 1-22.
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