********************************************************************** *** Atmospheric H2 concentrations (ppbv) derived from flask *** *** samples collected at Mauna Loa, Hawaii *** *** Source: L.P. Steele *** *** P.B. Krummel *** *** R.L. Langenfelds *** *** Commonwealth Scientific, *** *** and Industrial Research Organisation, *** *** Aspendale, Victoria, *** *** Australia 3195 *** *** *** *** March 2003 *** *** *** ********************************************************************** Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Ann. Ave. 1992 512.35 509.84 520.18 532.84 536.8 534.72 525.95 518.3 516.4 514.72 510.72 504.62 519.79 1993 505.63 511.15 517.12 525.97 529.67 524.68 517.2 505.69 495.57 503.51 509.83 507.86 512.82 1994 512.7 516.27 515.93 521.43 523.72 519.51 521.09 521.08 518.34 517.02 514.37 515.75 518.10 1995 520.96 521.77 525.22 532.9 536.16 533.59 527.7 525.09 524.76 524.1 520.36 516.9 525.79 1996 517.68 518.59 523.35 531.02 533.68 532.31 526.21 522.57 522.1 517.91 514.08 515.44 522.91 1997 518.66 523.1 533.22 534.47 527.04 527.3 521.96 516.12 519.46 516.27 515.46 522.05 522.93 1998 525.39 528.8 539.87 544.51 537.97 538.78 539.61 534.95 533.48 532.88 526.49 526.76 534.12 1999 532.1 535.57 542.38 541 536.36 537.67 536.27 531.23 527.03 524.5 520.71 519.4 532.02 2000 522.69 525.77 531.51 539.85 542.35 535.5 526.39 517.61 514.34 515.34 513.52 519.43 525.36 2001 523.47 518.67 522.13 527.39 522.29 515.63 519.23 519.92 515.98 517.23 514.89 515.2 519.34 Monthly values are expressed in parts per billion per volume (ppbv) and reported in the CSIRO94 H2 scale. Monthly values were calculated as the mean of the daily values from a smooth curve fit to the data using the curve-fitting routines described by Thoning et al., 1989 (J. Geophys Res. 94, 8549-8565). Annual values are the arithmetic means of the 12 monthly values.