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The Carbon Cycle – Atmospheric Focus. Patrick Loury Neil Swanson. http:// earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Features/ CarbonCycle /page1.php. Carbon Fluxes and Residence Times. Influx of a tmospheric carbon is g reater than the outflux : Non-steady state conditions
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The Carbon Cycle – Atmospheric Focus Patrick Loury Neil Swanson
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/CarbonCycle/page1.phphttp://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/CarbonCycle/page1.php
Carbon Fluxes and Residence Times • Influx of atmospheric carbon is greater than the outflux: • Non-steady state conditions • The atmosphere is growing as a carbon reservoir • Residence Times: • Carbon Dioxide: Variable, but on the order of hundreds of years • Methane: 10.5 ± 1.8 years
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/CarbonCycle/page5.phphttp://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/CarbonCycle/page5.php