Keeling Curve

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The Keeling Curve is a long-term graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations measured at Mauna Loa Observatory that has become a key indicator of human-driven climate change.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf atmospheric carbon dioxide record
climate change indicator
dataSource air samples at Mauna Loa Observatory
dataType in situ atmospheric measurements
developedBy Charles David Keeling NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Mauna Loa CO2 record NERFINISHED
hasCategory atmospheric science
climate change
environmental monitoring
hasCharacteristic continuous monitoring
high-precision measurements
long-term record
hasGeographicContext central Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments
climate science consensus
hasMethod infrared gas analysis
hasProperty background atmospheric conditions
minimal local pollution influence
hasTemporalCoverageStart March 1958
languageOfName English
locatedIn Hawaii NERFINISHED
Mauna Loa Observatory NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedOn Mauna Loa NERFINISHED
maintainedBy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NERFINISHED
Scripps Institution of Oceanography NERFINISHED
measurementSite Mauna Loa Observatory NERFINISHED
measures atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration
namedAfter Charles David Keeling NERFINISHED
notableFor evidence of anthropogenic CO2 increase
first high-precision continuous CO2 record
partOf global greenhouse gas monitoring network
shows CO2 concentration exceeding 400 parts per million in the 21st century
human-driven climate change signal
long-term increase in atmospheric CO2
seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2
startDate 1958
timeResolution annual averages
daily averages
monthly averages
unitOfMeasurement parts per million
usedBy climate modelers
environmental policymakers
science educators
usedFor climate change research
climate policy assessment
public communication of climate change
visualizedAs time series graph

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