The 1982-1983 El Nino: a 6 billion ton COz release

International audience The atmospheric COz concentration at Amsterdam Island showed important variations of the increase rate during the 1982-1983 El Nitio. After elimination of the weak local and regional interferences, the main feature of the C 0 2 record is a slower than normal increase rate at t...

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Published in:Tellus B
Main Authors: Gaudry, André, Monfray, Patrick, Polian, Georges, Lambert, Gérard
Other Authors: Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 1987
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Online Access:https://hal.science/hal-03548794
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.1987.tb00283.x
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Summary:International audience The atmospheric COz concentration at Amsterdam Island showed important variations of the increase rate during the 1982-1983 El Nitio. After elimination of the weak local and regional interferences, the main feature of the C 0 2 record is a slower than normal increase rate at the beginning and at the end of this El NiAo, i.e.