Atmospheric carbon dioxide records from sites in the NOAA/CMDL air sampling network

BARBADOS

Trends

The monitoring site at Ragged Point, Barbados is operated with the help of P.G. Simmons of International Science Consultants. Annual atmospheric CO mixing ratios at Ragged Point have risen from 351.6 parts per million (ppm) in 1988 to 356.0 ppm in 1992. The record from Ragged Point exhibits a seasonal cycle with the yearly minimum occurring in September or October and yearly maximum measured during April or May.

Barbados (Ragged Point)
Atlantic Ocean island seashore
13°10' N, 59°26' W
3 m above MSL

Barbados Graph

Monthly atmospheric CO mixing ratios at Ragged Point, Barbados.

Barbados Table

CO mixing ratios at Barbados (ppm)

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Barrow Trends

References

Methods

CITE AS: Conway, T.J., P.P. Tans, and L.S. Waterman. 1994. Atmospheric CO records from sites in the NOAA/CMDL air sampling network. In T.A. Boden, D.P. Kaiser, R.J. Sepanski, and F.W. Stoss (eds.), Trends '93: A Compendium of Data on Global Change. ORNL/CDIAC-65. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S.A.

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Date revised 4/10/95 (gg)