Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14771-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14771-2017
Research article
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12 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 12 Dec 2017

Sixty years of radiocarbon dioxide measurements at Wellington, New Zealand: 1954–2014

Jocelyn C. Turnbull, Sara E. Mikaloff Fletcher, India Ansell, Gordon W. Brailsford, Rowena C. Moss, Margaret W. Norris, and Kay Steinkamp

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AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (14 Aug 2017)  Author's response
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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (27 Sep 2017) by Neil Harris
AR by Jocelyn Turnbull on behalf of the Authors (12 Oct 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (01 Nov 2017) by Neil Harris
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We present a 60-year record of radiocarbon in carbon dioxide (14CO2) from Wellington New Zealand. It records the atmospheric 14C “bomb spike” and decline as bomb 14C moved through the carbon cycle and fossil fuel emissions increased. The bomb peak is lower and 1.4 years later than in the Northern Hemisphere. Since the early 2000s, Wellington 14CO2 has been elevated above the Northern Hemisphere, possibly due to a reinvigorated Southern Ocean carbon sink.
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