NOAA Earth System Research LaboratoryNOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Global Monitoring Annual ConferenceGlobal Monitoring Annual Conference

May 14May 14--15, 200815, 2008

Welcome!

Monitoring is not

a four letter word . . . .

Ralph Cicerone, PresidentNational Academy of Sciences

50th

Anniversary of the Global CO2

RecordNovember, 2007

…. on Observations

Leave nothing to chance. Overlook nothing. Combine contradictory observations. Allow yourself enough time.

Hippocrates~410 BC

Baseline Observatories

Observing Networks

Carbon Cycle

Halocarbons and Ozone

Aerosols, Radiation

Halocarbon flask analyses (M1& M2)

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not included: stds, ref tanks, firn air, projects & tests. M2 results are an underestimate

Thanks for coming

Let’s Begin the Show. . .