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CSIRO GASLAB Flask Air Samples

Australian Antarctic Division
Etheridge, D., Langenfelds, P., Guerette, E-A., Thornton, D.P., Krummel, P.B. and Loh, Z.M. ; ETHERIDGE, DAVID ; GUERETTE, ELISE ; LOH, ZOE ; KRUMMEL, PAUL ; LANGENFELDS, RAY
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Air samples were collected in glass flasks at Casey (CYA), Mawson (MAA), and Macquarie Island (MQA) and analysed at CSIRO Aspendale Laboratories for methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon 13 of CO2 (CO2C13).Sampling site details:CYA: Current Sampling Altitude(m): 55.0        Station Altitude:47.0        Intake Height:8.0MQA: Current Sampling Altitude(m): 13.0        Station Altitude:6.0        Intake Height:7.0MAA: Current Sampling Altitude(m): 42.0        Station Altitude:32.0        Intake Height:10.0Trace gas species:Species: CO2; Scale: WMOX2007 CO2 mole fraction scale; Units: parts per million (ppm) or micromoles per mole of dry air.Species: CH4; Calibration scale: WMO X2004A CH4 scale; Units: parts per billion (ppb) or nanomoles per mole of dry air.Species: CO; Calibration scale: CSIRO94 CO scale (derived from the scale maintained by NOAA/CMDL in 1991); Units: parts per billion (ppb) or nanomoles per mole of dry airSpecies: co2c13; Calibration scale: VPDB-CO2 scale (CSIRO2005) - units of per millSpecies: co2o18; Calibration scale: VPDB-CO2 scale (CSIRO2005) - units of per millSpecies: H2; Calibration scale: MPI 2009 H2 scale (Max Planck Institute, Germany); Units: parts per billion (ppb) or nanomoles per mole of dry airSpecies: N2O; Calibration Scale: NOAA 2006A N2O scale (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA); Units: parts per billion (ppb) or nanomoles per mole of dry airContacts:[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected] possibly more recent information and data, please refer to:ftp://gaspublic:[email protected]/pub/data/gaslabThis data is part of an integrated global greenhouse gas dataset maintained by the World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/wdcgg/).The latest data update up until July 2025 was downloaded on 2026-05-18.Progress Code: completedStatement: Data from Macquarie Island and Mawson runs from 1990 to 2025. 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These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL. The data are also accessible from the World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases at the provided URL. A previous version of this dataset (2021 update) was referenced by doi:10.26179/4gj2-1h44

The following data providers should be contacted prior to use/publication of any or all of this data for citation or potential co-authorship purposes. Contacts: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4167_GASLAB_FLASK when using these data.

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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - GASLAB discrete flask data from Antarctic/Sub-Antarctic sampling sites, which is part of a global sampling network. Air samples were collected in glass flasks at Casey (CYA), Mawson (MAA), and Macquarie Island (MQA) and analysed at CSIRO Aspendale Laboratories for methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon 13 of CO2 (CO2C13).

Sampling site details:
CYA: Current Sampling Altitude(m): 55.0        Station Altitude:47.0        Intake Height:8.0
MQA: Current Sampling Altitude(m): 13.0        Station Altitude:6.0        Intake Height:7.0
MAA: Current Sampling Altitude(m): 42.0        Station Altitude:32.0        Intake Height:10.0

Trace gas species:

Species: CO2; Scale: WMOX2007 CO2 mole fraction scale; Units: parts per million (ppm) or micromoles per mole of dry air.
Species: CH4; Calibration scale: WMO X2004A CH4 scale; Units: parts per billion (ppb) or nanomoles per mole of dry air.
Species: CO; Calibration scale: CSIRO94 CO scale (derived from the scale maintained by NOAA/CMDL in 1991); Units: parts per billion (ppb) or nanomoles per mole of dry air
Species: co2c13; Calibration scale: VPDB-CO2 scale (CSIRO2005) - units of per mill
Species: co2o18; Calibration scale: VPDB-CO2 scale (CSIRO2005) - units of per mill
Species: H2; Calibration scale: MPI 2009 H2 scale (Max Planck Institute, Germany); Units: parts per billion (ppb) or nanomoles per mole of dry air
Species: N2O; Calibration Scale: NOAA 2006A N2O scale (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA); Units: parts per billion (ppb) or nanomoles per mole of dry air

Contacts:
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For possibly more recent information and data, please refer to:
ftp://gaspublic:[email protected]/pub/data/gaslab

This data is part of an integrated global greenhouse gas dataset maintained by the World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/wdcgg/).

The latest data update up until July 2025 was downloaded on 2026-05-18.

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Progress Code: completed
Statement: Data from Macquarie Island and Mawson runs from 1990 to 2025. Data from Casey runs from 1996 to 2025. Data from Mawson runs from 1984 to 2025.

Data time period: 1984-04-06 to 2021-01-31

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4167 | AAS 4167 | AMD | AMD/AU | CEOS | CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA | EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE | EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE | EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > METHANE | EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS | EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > NITROGEN DIOXIDE | EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES | FLASKS > FLASKS | GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | LABORATORY | MASS SPECTROMETERS | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND | climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere | environment |

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Access the CSIRO AR GASLAB metadata record. (EXTENDED METADATA)

url : http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/CSIRO_AR_GASLAB

Download the AADC copy of the data (GET DATA > DIRECT DOWNLOAD)

url : https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/6193/download

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url : https://gaw.kishou.go.jp/

Public information for AAS project AAS_4167 (PROJECT HOME PAGE)

url : https://projects.aad.gov.au/search_projects_results.cfm?project_no=AAS_4167

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset. (VIEW RELATED INFORMATION)

url : https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4167_GASLAB_FLASK

Identifiers
ACN 633 798 857