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[email protected] URL: http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/index.html Charles David Keeling Papers SMC 0099 1 Descriptive Summary Languages: English Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla 92093-0175 Title: Charles David Keeling Papers Creator: Keeling, Charles D., 1928-2005 Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0099 Physical Description: 117.6 Linear feet(218 archives boxes, 2 card file boxes, 28 records cartons, 2 flat boxes, and 4 map case folders) Physical Description: 1 GBof digital files Date (inclusive): 1934-2006 (bulk 1955-2000) Abstract: Papers of Charles David Keeling (1928-2005), an environmental chemist, founder of the Scripps CO₂ Program, and professor emeritus at UC San Diego. Dr. Keeling was considered the world's leading authority on atmospheric greenhouse gases and climate science. The collection includes correspondence, writings and reports, teaching and lecture materials, and documentation and data from the Scripps CO₂ Program. Scope and Content of Collection Papers of Charles David Keeling (1928-2005), an environmental chemist, founder of the Scripps CO₂ Program, and professor emeritus at UC San Diego. Dr. Keeling was considered the world's leading authority on atmospheric greenhouse gases and climate science. The collection documents decades of Keeling's meticulous measurement of atmospheric CO₂ at land-based stations and on shipboard expeditions, his founding of and continuous leadership for the Scripps CO₂ Program, and his research.