The instrumentation, method and measurement results used for measurements of CO2 concentrations in surface air of Obninsk (55.1° N, 36.9° E, 183 m above the sea level) located at a distance of 105 km to th...The instrumentation, method and measurement results used for measurements of CO2 concentrations in surface air of Obninsk (55.1° N, 36.9° E, 183 m above the sea level) located at a distance of 105 km to the south-west of Moscow are presented. Proposed is a method of experimental data filtering allowing one to separate natural and anthropogenic variations of CO2 concentrations. It is shown that minimal concentrations of CO2 registered in Obninsk and at the continental stations of GAW WMO characterize not only the "regional background" but also coincide with the data from GAW WMO background stations located in the oceanic regions. In this connection, one can assume that the excess in measured CO2 concentration over its minimal values, making about 5-6 ppm, is connected with an anthropogenic emission, and the continent should be considered as an anthropogenic source of C02.展开更多
文摘The instrumentation, method and measurement results used for measurements of CO2 concentrations in surface air of Obninsk (55.1° N, 36.9° E, 183 m above the sea level) located at a distance of 105 km to the south-west of Moscow are presented. Proposed is a method of experimental data filtering allowing one to separate natural and anthropogenic variations of CO2 concentrations. It is shown that minimal concentrations of CO2 registered in Obninsk and at the continental stations of GAW WMO characterize not only the "regional background" but also coincide with the data from GAW WMO background stations located in the oceanic regions. In this connection, one can assume that the excess in measured CO2 concentration over its minimal values, making about 5-6 ppm, is connected with an anthropogenic emission, and the continent should be considered as an anthropogenic source of C02.