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19 posted on 03/31/2006 9:12:38 AM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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CO2 is a well-mixed gas in the atmosphere. There is variability right at the surface of the ocean, for example, where there is air-sea gas exchange, but once you're 500 meters over it there's not much difference. Now, they do CO2 measurements on Mauna Loa because it samples the global atmospheric circulation; the fact that they see the basic seasonal variability cycle every year indicates that CO2 must mix quickly. There might a bit of hemispheric variability, of course.

21 posted on 03/31/2006 10:58:53 AM PST by cogitator
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