# file: NWR_N2O_MM.dat # # Atmospheric measurements of N2O (Nitrous Oxide) # Measurements are from the NOAA/ESRL/GMD/HATS original flask program # (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/hats/flask/flasks.html). # Instrument ID: oldGC # # Location: NWR (Niwot Ridge, Colorado -- 40.05 N, 105.58 W, 3523 m Elev.) # See http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/dv/site/site_table.html#hats_flask for # more information about flask sampling sites. # # # The data reported are from flask samples collected approximately once per # week in matching, concurrent pairs and later analyzed on a gas chromatograph # with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) located in Boulder, Colorado, USA. # This GC was in operation from 1977 to 1995 when it was retired and replaced. # # (PIs) Dr. James W. Elkins, Dr. Bradley D. Hall # # Email: James.W.Elkins@noaa.gov; Bradley.Hall@noaa.gov # Phone: (303) 497-6224 (303) 497-7011 # Fax: (303) 497-6290 # # National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) # Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) # 325 Broadway, R/GMD1 # Boulder, CO 80305-3328 # See (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/) for station statistics and personnel. # # Data use policy: # If you use this data in a publication or report, we would appreciate that you contact the principal # investigators (PIs) first and discuss your interests. We are trying to encourage scientific discussion. # The PIs can discuss the quality of the data and any potential problems with its analysis. # # The data should be cited in presentations or publications as the flowing: Nitrous Oxide data from # the NOAA/ESRL halocarbons original flask program. # # Calibration scale used: NOAA 2006A # # More information about the calibration scale can be found at: # http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccl/ # # Monthly mean data are provided in parts-per-billion, ppb. # # Missing value: "nan" # # Data Columns: # yr Year # mon Month # m Monthly mean concentration of N2O in ppb # sd Standard deviation of the mean # n Number of samples # N2OoldGCNWRyr N2OoldGCNWRmon N2OoldGCNWRm N2OoldGCNWRsd N2OoldGCNWRn 1977 1 nan nan 0 1977 2 nan nan 0 1977 3 nan nan 0 1977 4 nan nan 0 1977 5 nan nan 0 1977 6 nan nan 0 1977 7 nan nan 0 1977 8 301.5 2.5 3 1977 9 299.4 2.6 2 1977 10 298.8 0.2 3 1977 11 300.3 1.0 4 1977 12 nan nan 0 1978 1 nan nan 0 1978 2 301.0 1.4 6 1978 3 301.1 1.9 4 1978 4 301.5 0.3 2 1978 5 301.8 2.2 4 1978 6 300.2 1.4 6 1978 7 300.0 1.6 8 1978 8 300.3 1.6 8 1978 9 301.6 0.3 6 1978 10 301.2 1.1 8 1978 11 302.0 1.0 8 1978 12 301.4 0.9 4 1979 1 301.4 1.5 8 1979 2 299.4 1.4 5 1979 3 302.4 2.6 6 1979 4 301.2 1.4 8 1979 5 301.2 0.7 10 1979 6 301.6 1.2 7 1979 7 302.1 0.8 7 1979 8 301.8 1.0 8 1979 9 300.3 2.3 5 1979 10 301.9 1.1 6 1979 11 302.9 0.3 2 1979 12 303.5 1.1 6 1980 1 304.7 0.9 4 1980 2 303.2 1.8 4 1980 3 302.1 0.8 2 1980 4 302.5 1.1 4 1980 5 302.6 2.5 5 1980 6 304.0 1.4 6 1980 7 300.8 1.4 6 1980 8 nan nan 0 1980 9 302.6 1.4 5 1980 10 302.0 2.3 9 1980 11 302.1 2.4 6 1980 12 301.0 2.2 10 1981 1 301.7 1.4 6 1981 2 302.2 1.7 8 1981 3 303.4 1.1 10 1981 4 303.6 2.3 8 1981 5 302.3 1.1 7 1981 6 303.0 1.2 8 1981 7 301.6 2.0 8 1981 8 303.3 1.4 8 1981 9 301.7 2.4 9 1981 10 302.4 0.9 7 1981 11 302.3 1.8 8 1981 12 302.5 1.4 10 1982 1 303.2 1.1 8 1982 2 302.3 1.2 8 1982 3 302.0 1.7 9 1982 4 303.9 1.1 8 1982 5 303.5 1.4 8 1982 6 304.1 2.4 10 1982 7 304.6 1.8 8 1982 8 305.6 1.6 10 1982 9 304.3 0.8 7 1982 10 303.6 1.7 8 1982 11 304.3 1.2 10 1982 12 303.5 1.3 6 1983 1 304.6 1.3 10 1983 2 304.6 1.3 7 1983 3 303.5 2.2 6 1983 4 303.7 2.3 10 1983 5 304.9 1.6 8 1983 6 304.2 1.3 8 1983 7 305.6 1.4 6 1983 8 306.4 1.7 10 1983 9 304.2 1.2 8 1983 10 304.5 2.5 7 1983 11 303.7 1.3 10 1983 12 304.7 1.8 8 1984 1 304.0 1.0 8 1984 2 304.0 1.3 10 1984 3 303.0 1.9 8 1984 4 303.9 0.8 8 1984 5 304.4 0.9 10 1984 6 305.5 1.4 8 1984 7 306.0 1.4 10 1984 8 306.6 0.9 7 1984 9 305.4 0.7 8 1984 10 305.4 1.2 9 1984 11 306.1 1.0 8 1984 12 306.3 1.0 10 1985 1 305.7 1.2 8 1985 2 307.5 1.7 5 1985 3 303.6 0.9 8 1985 4 304.1 1.0 10 1985 5 306.0 3.4 8 1985 6 304.5 3.3 4 1985 7 305.2 1.5 9 1985 8 304.8 1.2 8 1985 9 305.9 0.9 6 1985 10 306.1 1.2 9 1985 11 306.8 2.2 8 1985 12 305.6 1.1 8 1986 1 306.1 0.6 8 1986 2 306.0 0.8 6 1986 3 306.0 1.0 8 1986 4 306.0 0.8 7 1986 5 306.3 0.9 8 1986 6 306.3 0.9 6 1986 7 307.5 1.6 10 1986 8 306.5 1.6 6 1986 9 306.9 1.2 8 1986 10 307.2 1.1 7 1986 11 306.3 1.6 7 1986 12 306.8 1.8 7 1987 1 307.4 1.9 8 1987 2 306.2 0.6 4 1987 3 308.1 3.5 6 1987 4 306.6 1.0 8 1987 5 306.4 2.0 8 1987 6 306.4 0.8 4 1987 7 304.3 0.9 4 1987 8 306.0 2.1 8 1987 9 304.5 1.4 6 1987 10 306.9 0.7 10 1987 11 307.5 1.6 7 1987 12 308.4 1.8 8 1988 1 307.7 1.6 6 1988 2 306.1 2.1 8 1988 3 308.3 0.9 10 1988 4 306.1 1.0 8 1988 5 306.7 1.2 8 1988 6 306.4 1.7 10 1988 7 307.7 1.0 7 1988 8 307.3 1.5 8 1988 9 306.8 1.0 8 1988 10 307.3 1.7 8 1988 11 309.1 2.3 8 1988 12 308.3 1.6 8 1989 1 308.4 0.8 10 1989 2 309.9 0.8 8 1989 3 308.1 1.3 8 1989 4 308.4 0.6 8 1989 5 309.4 1.2 6 1989 6 309.3 2.5 8 1989 7 307.1 2.9 6 1989 8 308.0 2.1 8 1989 9 308.2 1.4 8 1989 10 309.2 1.2 8 1989 11 309.1 0.6 10 1989 12 309.0 1.1 8 1990 1 311.0 1.8 8 1990 2 310.1 1.3 8 1990 3 309.6 0.8 8 1990 4 309.2 1.5 7 1990 5 309.2 0.8 9 1990 6 308.2 1.9 8 1990 7 307.7 2.1 7 1990 8 311.4 1.7 6 1990 9 312.3 1.2 5 1990 10 310.6 0.8 6 1990 11 310.6 1.2 8 1990 12 310.8 1.2 9 1991 1 310.2 2.1 8 1991 2 311.1 1.5 8 1991 3 310.4 0.6 8 1991 4 310.9 1.3 7 1991 5 307.6 1.5 4 1991 6 310.8 1.9 8 1991 7 310.7 0.9 4 1991 8 310.4 0.7 8 1991 9 311.3 1.6 7 1991 10 310.9 0.5 8 1991 11 nan nan 0 1991 12 nan nan 0 1992 1 nan nan 0 1992 2 nan nan 0 1992 3 nan nan 0 1992 4 nan nan 0 1992 5 nan nan 0 1992 6 nan nan 0 1992 7 nan nan 0 1992 8 nan nan 0 1992 9 nan nan 0 1992 10 nan nan 0 1992 11 nan nan 0 1992 12 nan nan 0 1993 1 nan nan 0 1993 2 nan nan 0 1993 3 nan nan 0 1993 4 nan nan 0 1993 5 nan nan 0 1993 6 nan nan 0 1993 7 nan nan 0 1993 8 nan nan 0 1993 9 nan nan 0 1993 10 nan nan 0 1993 11 nan nan 0 1993 12 nan nan 0 1994 1 nan nan 0 1994 2 nan nan 0 1994 3 nan nan 0 1994 4 nan nan 0 1994 5 nan nan 0 1994 6 nan nan 0 1994 7 nan nan 0 1994 8 nan nan 0 1994 9 nan nan 0 1994 10 nan nan 0 1994 11 nan nan 0 1994 12 308.1 0.3 3 1995 1 310.3 2.0 5 1995 2 311.5 3.0 4 1995 3 311.4 1.2 5 1995 4 312.8 1.6 6 1995 5 311.8 2.8 8 1995 6 310.8 1.7 7 1995 7 312.4 1.0 6 1995 8 311.2 1.8 9 1995 9 312.6 2.2 4 1995 10 312.9 0.9 7 1995 11 313.2 1.0 4 1995 12 311.3 2.3 7