Base for air-sampling flask used for observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide, 1980s
- Made:
- 1980s in San Diego
Base for air-sampling flask used for observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide at the Canadian Forces Station, Alert, Nunavut, Canada, 1980s. Observations made with these flasks, initiated by Charles David Keeling in the 1950s and administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, form the basis of the so-called Keeling curve, showing rising concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Details
- Category:
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Object Number:
- 2021-1605/2
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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overall: 50 mm x 200 mm x 200 mm,
- type:
- base - object component
- credit:
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
