Fast Chemical Sensor for Eddy-Correlation Measurements of Methane Emissions from Rice Paddy Fields
Applied Optics, Vol. 40, Issue 6, pp. 846-858 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.40.000846
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Abstract
A high-frequency-modulation spectrometer with a lead-salt diode laser operating in the ν4 band of CH4 at 7.8 μm was used as a fast chemical sensor to measure ambient methane concentrations of 2 ppmv (parts in 106 volume-mixing ratio) with a time resolution of 10 Hz for micrometeorological flux measurements. To assess the quality of the data on methane emissions from rice paddy fields, we compared eddy-correlation measurements with simultaneously recorded emission data from the state-of-the-art closed-chamber technique and showed that the closed-chamber measurements were 60%–90% higher than were the eddy-correlation measurements during the campaign. This outcome demonstrates that diode-laser spectroscopy is a valuable tool for quality assurance.
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OCIS Codes
(010.1120) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Air pollution monitoring
(010.1330) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric turbulence
(010.3920) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Meteorology
(120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology
(140.2020) Lasers and laser optics : Diode lasers
(300.6270) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, far infrared
Citation
Peter Werle and Robert Kormann, "Fast Chemical Sensor for Eddy-Correlation Measurements of Methane Emissions from Rice Paddy Fields," Appl. Opt. 40, 846-858 (2001)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-40-6-846
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