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MLO data from the most recent month is preliminary
Mauna Loa carbon dioxide data from the most recent month is preliminary and subject to subsequence updates to account for retrospective calibration and quality control. See scrippsco2.ucsd.edu for data that has passed these routine quality checks and updates. The datasets are archived once a month on the scrippsco2.ucsd.edu website and the Scripps CO2 Program library archive database at UCSD.
Data sources
CO2 data starting in 1958 are from the Scripps CO2 program
Site: http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/data/atmospheric_co2/primary_mlo_co2_record
DOI: http://doi.org/10.6075/J08W3BHW
Citation: C. D. Keeling, S. C. Piper, R. B. Bacastow, M. Wahlen, T. P. Whorf, M. Heimann, and H. A. Meijer, Exchanges of atmospheric CO2 and 13CO2 with the terrestrial biosphere and oceans from 1978 to 2000. I. Global aspects, SIO Reference Series, No. 01-06, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, 88 pages, 2001. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/09v319r9
CO2 data before 1958 going back 2000 years
Site: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/9959
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL026152
Citation: MacFarling Meure, C., D. Etheridge, C. Trudinger, P. Steele, R. Langenfelds, T. van Ommen, A. Smith, and J. Elkins. 2006. The Law Dome CO2, CH4 and N2O Ice Core Records Extended to 2000 years BP. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 33, No. 14, L14810 10.1029/2006GL026152.
CO2 data before 1958 going back 800,000 years
Site: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/6091
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06949
Citation: Lüthi, D., M. Le Floch, B. Bereiter, T. Blunier, J.-M. Barnola, U. Siegenthaler, D. Raynaud, J. Jouzel, H. Fischer, K. Kawamura, and T.F. Stocker. 2008. High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000-800,000 years before present. Nature, Vol. 453, pp. 379-382, 15 May 2008.