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Lecture 1: Global Observations Of Atmospheric Co2

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The Global Carbon Cycle

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The global carbon cycle consists of the geochemical reservoirs that store carbon on the earth and the pathways that transport carbon between them. With respect to annual through decadal time scales to be discussed here, the principal reservoirs of interest are the atmosphere, the oceans, and three land compartments consisting of land plants, their detritus, and soils, and called collectively the terrestrial biosphere. Rivers, lakes, and animals are of only marginal importance to the global carbon inventory, but they provide some of the pathways linking the terrestrial biosphere to the oceans and the atmosphere.

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  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 92093-0220, La Jolla, California, USA

    Dr. Charles D. Keeling

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  1. Max-Planck Institut für Meteorologie, Bundesstrasse 55, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany

    Martin Heimann

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Keeling, C.D. (1993). Lecture 1: Global Observations Of Atmospheric Co2 . In: Heimann, M. (eds) The Global Carbon Cycle. NATO ASI Series, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84608-3_1

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