1-4: Atmospheric Composition, Carbon Dioxide

Figure 1 - Composition of the Earth's atmosphere below 100 km

Figure 2 - Atmospheric CO2 concentrations at Barrow, Ak, Mauna Loa, Hi, American Samoa, and South Pole. American Scientist, 78, 325 (1990). Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Figure 3 - Atmospheric CO2 since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. EPA.

Figure 4 - Changes in global atmospheric CO2 and global surface temperature over the last 160,000 years. U.S. Global Change Research Program

Figure 5 - Temperature and CO2 concentration in the atmosphere over the past 400,000 years from UNEP.

Figure 6 - Definitions for Discussing Global Quantities.

Figure 7 - Net release of carbon from tropical deforestation. EPA, 1989: Policy options for stabilizing global climate.

Figure 8 - Carbon dioxide emissions from cement production EPA, 1989: Policy options for stabilizing global climate.

Figure 9 - Fossil fuel emissions. American Scientist, 78, 310 (1990). Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Figure 10 - CO2 emissions due to fossil fuel consumption. EPA.

Figure 11 - Seven box schematic of the carbon cycle NASA

Figure 12 - Euphotic and Aphotic Zones.

Figure 13 - Essential nutrients for ocean plants

. Figure 14 - Biological activity in the oceans of the southern hemisphere American Scientist July/Aug 1990. Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Figure 15 - Biological activity in the oceans of the northern hemisphere American Scientist July/Aug 1990. Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Figure 16 - Mean near-surface phytoplankton pigment concentrations. NASA

Figure 17 - Vertical distribution of carbon dioxide in the air around a forest varies with time of day. J. D. Butler, Air Pollution Chemistry, 1979.

Figure 18 - July-August global plant biological activity as determined by the Global Vegetative Index. American Scientist 78, 322 (1990). Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Figure 19 - January-February global plant biological activity as determined by the Global Vegetative Index. American Scientist 78, 322 (1990). Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Figure 20 - Productive potential of the Earth's vegetative biomass. NASA


Related Class Images

Global concentrations of methane in the troposphere. Adapted from Blake and Rowland (1987).

Average atmospheric methane concentrations. Adapted from Khalil and Rasmussen, C and E News, 64 (47), 23.

Methane, CO2 and temperature profiles. Adapted from Woodwell et al, Scientific American, April 1989

Estimated sources and sinks of methane. Adapted from the IPCC supplemental Report, 1992.

Trends in domestic animal population (1890-1985). EPA, 1989: Policy options for stabilizing global climate.

Rough rice production (1984). EPA, 1989: Policy options for stabilizing global climate.

Estimated sources and sinks of carbon monoxide. EPA, 1989: Policy options for stabilizing global climate.

N2O concentrations from 1977-1988 and past 2000 years. Houghton, J.T., G.J. Jenkins, J.J. Ephraums eds, 1990: 1990 Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 364 pp.

Estimated sources and sinks of nitrous oxide. IPCC, 1990.

Nitrogen fertilizer consumption. EPA: Policy Options for Stabilizing Global Climate.