Abstract
The first observations of atomic carbon in molecular outflows are presented. Most of the outflow regions show similar [C I] and 13 CO line profiles suggesting the [C I] emission from outflow sources traces the same volume of gas as the CO emission, as previous studies have suggested for molecular clouds in general. The [C I] and CO column densities for the 11 sources surveyed are computed over wing and line center velocities. If the [C I] column densities derived from line center velocities are probing conditions in the ambient cloud in the vicinity of the infrared source, then a comparison of these values indicates the carbon abundance in the low-velocity component of the outflows is essentially the same as in the ambient cloud; there is no evidence for shock enhancement of [C I] in the swept-up material
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