DOI: 10.5285/c6f19b27f8e74e98968c17c8e1f74c60
title: Chapter 2 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 2.5 (v20221116)

description: Data for Figure 2.5 from Chapter 2 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Figure 2.5 shows globally-averaged dry-air mole fractions of CO2, CH4, and N2O derived from surface observations. --------------------------------------------------- How to cite this dataset --------------------------------------------------- When citing this dataset, please include both the data citation below (under 'Citable as') and the following citation for the report component from which the figure originates: Gulev, S.K., P.W. Thorne, J. Ahn, F.J. Dentener, C.M. Domingues, S. Gerland, D. Gong, D.S. Kaufman, H.C. Nnamchi, J. Quaas, J.A. Rivera, S. Sathyendranath, S.L. Smith, B. Trewin, K. von Schuckmann, and R.S. Vose, 2021: Changing State of the Climate System. In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 287–422, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.004. --------------------------------------------------- Figure subpanels --------------------------------------------------- The figure has three panels (a, b, c), and each panel contains an insert. Data provided for all panels in one single file (Data_Figure_2_5.csv). --------------------------------------------------- List of data provided --------------------------------------------------- This dataset contains time series for: - Observed atmospheric global carbon dioxide (CO2) (1958-2019). - Observed atmospheric global methane (CH4) (1979-2019). - Observed atmospheric global nitrous oxide (N2O) (1979-2019). --------------------------------------------------- Data provided in relation to figure --------------------------------------------------- Panel a: - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 2, grey line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 17, cyan line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 29, yellow line. Inset panel a: - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 3, grey line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 18, cyan line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 30, yellow line. Panel b: - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 5, grey line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 20, cyan line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 11, red line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 26, green circles. Inset panel b: - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 6, grey line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 21, cyan line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 12, red line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 27, green line. Panel c: - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 8, grey line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 23, cyan line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 14, red line. Inset panel c: - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 9, grey line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 24, cyan line. - Data file Data_Figure_2_5.csv, column 15, red line. Acronyms: NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration AGAGE - Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation --------------------------------------------------- Sources of additional information --------------------------------------------------- The following weblinks are provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record: - Link to the figure on the IPCC AR6 website - Link to the report component containing the figure (Chapter 2) - Link to the Supplementary Material for Chapter 2, which contains details on the input data used in Table 2.SM.1