Evaluation of laser-based spectrometers for greenhouse gas flux measurements in coastal marshes

Project Title: Evaluation of laser-based spectrometers for greenhouse gas flux measurements in coastal marshes

Date: 2016

Principal Investigator(s): Brannon, E. Q., Moseman-Valtierra, S. M., Rella, C.W., Martin, R.M., Chen, X. and Tang, J.

Abstract: Precise and rapid analyses of greenhouse gases (GHGs) will advance understanding of the net climatic forcing of coastal marsh ecosystems. We examined the ability of a cavity ring down spectroscopy (CRDS) analyzer (Model G2508, Picarro) to measure carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O) fluxes in real‐time from coastal marshes through comparisons with a Shimadzu GC‐2014 (GC) in a marsh mesocosm experiment and with a similar laser‐based N₂O analyzer (Model N₂O/CO, Los Gatos Research) in both mesocosm and field experiments. Read full text… Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods, 14: 466–476. doi:10.1002/lom3.10105. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lom3.10105/full