By Carl-Christian Wallén (auth.), W. Bach, A. J. Crane, A. L. Berger, A. Longhetto (eds.)

The foreign university of Climatology of the "Ettore Majo­ rana Centre for medical tradition" at Erice used to be based in 1979, with the purpose of setting up complicated classes and hugely really expert seminars on present difficulties within the box of climatology. the 1st direction, in March 1980, used to be dedicated to climatic varia­ tions and variability, the certainty of which lies on the roots of contemporary climatological examine. The exposure given to fresh extremes of weather, that have had severe effects for neighborhood populations, has ended in an elevated knowledge of the sensible significance of learning the factors and nature of climatic alterations on all temporal and spatial scales. In contemporary many years it has develop into obvious that guy himself is able, regularly via commercial and agricultural actions, of inflicting climatic perturbations on either the neighborhood and international scales. even if those affects are as but tricky to become aware of, it truly is transparent that expanding free up of C02 throughout the increasing use of fossil fuels for power creation is one task that may result in major climatic swap. certainly, by means of this implies, strength use has the potential for being the main impact on weather over the following century, so the alternative of this point of climate-ener­ gy interactions because the subject of the second one process the Interna­ tional university of Climatology used to be an noticeable one. It happened from sixteen - 26 July, 1982.

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At higher latitudes, these concentrations increase toward the deep-water values. Under nutrient-limiting conditions, the concentration of organic carbon in the surface waters is expected to be Bmall and proportional to the upwelling flow F. Under light-limiting 51 THE ROLE OF THE OCEANS IN THE CARBON CYCLE Table V Limiting conditions of the model a Photosynthesis Rate Nutr. Conc. Nutrient-limited (G» F) Light limited (G« F) Zero a See (N ) s N G . -r F n N N Org. Carbon Conc. ) G 1 F 0 •N 0 Table IV and Eqs.

Kenya (Schnell, 1980) that, in spite of the considerable daily and seasonal fluctuations at stations influenced by CO 2 exchange between the atmosphere and the vegetation cover, it is possible to establish, through the application of statistical treatments, reasonable long-term trend values which are quite similar to the ones obtained from stations situated in ideal baseline conditions. This does not exclude the possiblity that local influences could, in many cases, have a strong impact on the development of the long-term averages of CO 2 from stations in continental locations.

OC. , 4(0, _0 ·2 ............... ........ ,. (~ I ,... C... 'H 10 60 40 -..... .. · 11 - ,. -... -/--4 " It 0 La tl tucit 2. -700 .. ,_ .... 900 .. I. 40 60 10 'S Figure 11 The difference (~ CO 2 parts per 10 6 by volume) between the annual mean CO concentration observed at various locations aroun~ the globe and at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, plotted as a function of latitude. The numbers adjacent to each data point indicate the time period of the respective data sets. difference difference difference difference difference difference difference difference between between between between between between between between GMCC-IRGA and SIO-IRGA (Mauna Loa); GMCC-IRGA and GMCC-IRGA (Mauna Loa); SIO-IRGA/flasks and SIO-IRGA (Mauna-Loa); CSIPO-IRGA and SIO-IRGA (Mauna-Loa); CSIRO-IRGA and SIO-IRGA (Mauna-Loa); CSIRO flasks and GMCC-IRGA (Mauna-Loa); CSIRO flasks and SIO-IRGA (Mauna-Loa); GMCC flasks and GMCC flasks (Mauna Loa); Solid Lines are model simulations at the indicated altitudes for 1979.

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