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Atmospheric Radiocarbon for the Period 1950–2010

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Quan Hua ,
Mike Barbetti  and
Andrzej Z Rakowski
Quan Hua*
Affiliation:
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
Mike Barbetti
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
Andrzej Z Rakowski
Affiliation:
Leibniz Laboratory for Radiometric Dating and Isotope Research, University of Kiel, Germany
*
Corresponding author. Email: qhx@ansto.gov.au.
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We present a compilation of tropospheric 14CO2 for the period 1950–2010, based on published radiocarbon data from selected records of atmospheric CO2 sampling and tree-ring series. This compilation is a new version of the compilation by Hua and Barbetti (2004) and consists of yearly summer data sets for zonal, hemispheric, and global levels of atmospheric 14C. In addition, compiled (and extended) monthly data sets for 5 atmospheric zones (3 in the Northern Hemisphere and 2 in the Southern Hemisphere) are reported. The annual data sets are for use in regional and global carbon model calculations, while the extended monthly data sets serve as calibration curves for 14C dating of recent, short-lived terrestrial organic materials.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 55 , Issue 4: IntCal 13 , 2013 , pp. 2059 - 2072
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Copyright © 2013 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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