Simultaneous
and continuous measurements of O2 and CO2 made in
the air around terrestrial ecosystems have the potential to improve our
understanding of the biogeochemistry of the ecosystem, and may reduce
uncertainties in estimates of terrestrial carbon uptake derived from
atmospheric O2 measurements. Following the
design of Stephens et al. [2001], we
have constructed an instrument that performs continuous in situ measurements of atmospheric O2 and CO2
concentrations. We present design and performance data, along with preliminary
results from a deployment at the Environmental Measurement Site at Harvard Forest
in central Massachusetts.
Author: M.O. Battle, R. Perry, E. Sofen, J. Carpenter, B.B. Stephens (mbattle at bowdoin dot edu)
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