FIRMS 2010: LIAISONtm:
Fully-Automated Universal Interface for Bulk 13C High-Precision Isotope Analysis using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
Describes application and function of a new Picarro universal interface for high throughput analysis.
FIRMS 2010:
Continuous Flow—Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy: A Powerful Tool for Food Origin Analysis and Adulteration Detection
Describes use and methods for stable isotope-based food adulteration testing using Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometry.
AGU 2009 Fall Meeting:
Capturing small-scale variations of water isotopes in ambient air and natural waters of California: Results of field measurements using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
Describes field work conducted with Picarro water isotope analyzer for both water vapor and liquid water samples.
AGU 2009 Fall Meeting:
A Mid-IR, Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometer for Continuous Trace N2O and Nitrogen Isotope Measurements
Describes recent developments in CRDS instrumentation in the mid-infrared spectral region for applications using N2O isotopologue and trace concentration measurements.
AGU 2009 Fall Meeting:
Demonstration of High-Throughput Water Isotopologue Measurements Using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
Describes the flexibility of Picarro's fast water isotope analyzer for applications requiring very short sample-to-sample measurement times and shows data taken in lab and field measurements.
AGU 2009 Fall Meeting:
Compound Specific Isotope Analysis of Carbon using Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometry
Describes recent developments in GC-C-CRDS-based instrumentation applied to isotope measurements in large molecules.
AGU 2009 Fall Meeting:
An Acetylene Tracer-Based Approach to Quantifying Methane Emissions from Distributed Sources Using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
Describes a newly-developed analyzer for tracer-based measurements and shows results from field work using such a system.
ICDC8 (2009):
A Mid-IR, Wavelength-Scanned, Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometer for Continuous Trace N2O and Nitrogen Isotope Measurements.
Describes results from a Picarro N2O analyzer based in the mid-infrared spectral region.
15th WMO/IAEA Meeting of Experts on Carbon Dioxide, Other Greenhouse Gases, and Related Tracer Measurement Techniques (2009):
Vertical Profiles of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations via Airborne Measurements.
Describes results of laboratory testing and field campaigns with Picarro's flight-ready greenhouse gas analyzer.
AmeriFlux 2009:
Field tests of a new WS-CRDS based, closed-path analyzer for simultaneous eddy covariance flux measurements of CO2 and methane.
Describes field testing of Picarro's fast analyzer for eddy covariance flux measurements of greenhouse gases.
2009 AGU Chapman Conference: Examining Ecohydrological Feedbacks of Landscape Change Along Elevation Gradients in Semiarid Regions:
Capturing small-scale variations of water isotopes in ambient air and natural waters of California: Results of field measurements using Wavelength Scanned Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy.
Describes liquid water and water vapor isotope measurements with the Picarro isotopic water analyzer.
AIG-8 2009 - 8th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry:
Isotope Measurements Transformed Real-time, In-situ Point-of-origin Tracing with δ18O and δD in Water and δ13C in Complex Molecules.
Describes how CRDS works and shows hydrogen, oxygen and carbon isotope data for water vapor, evapotranspiration, food and agricultural applications.
2009 EGU General Assembly:
Enabling Continuous, Field-Based Isotope and Greenhouse Gas Measurements with WS-CRDS-based Analyzers.
Describes specific design aspects of WS-CRDS-based analyzers and how these details result in ultra-stable field measurements.
2009 EGU General Assembly:
Bulk Stable Isotope Analysis of Carbon from Solids and Liquids using a Total Organic Carbon Analyzer Coupled to a Wavelength-Scanned Cavity Ring-Down Spectrophotometer.
From the EGU 2009 General Assembly, describing measurements of edible oils and chocolates made with Picarro's iTOC-CRDS Isotopic Carbon Analyzer.
AGU 2008 Fall Meeting:
Wavelength-Scanned Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy: Opening New Doors for Tracing Water Isotopes in the Hydrosphere, Biosphere, and Atmosphere.
Describes work by INSTAAR, NOAA & Picarro on both liquid water and water vapor measurements of stable water isotopes.
AGU 2008 Fall Meeting:
Simultaneous Carbon Dioxide and Methane Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements Using a High-Speed WS-CRDS Analyzer: Field Comparisons to Conventional AmeriFlux Systems.
Describes the first field data taken by Oregon State University of Picarro's dual-species Eddy-Covariance analyzer.
AGU 2008 Fall Meeting:
Continuous Greenhouse Gas and Isotopic Carbon Dioxide Measurements via WS-CRDS Analyzers: Investigations in Real-Time Monitoring at CO2 Geological Storage Sites.
Describing work by CSIRO, CO2 CRC and Picarro to characterize sequestration site leaks using tracers and isotopes.
IsoEcol 2008:
Continuous Isotopic CO2 Measurements by Wavelength-Scanned Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy: Studies of Exchange Processes in Terrestrial Ecosystems Picarro has developed an isotope analyzer for lab and field measurements of carbon isotopes in CO2 with the goal of allowing turnkey analysis to be done without the need for flask samples and complex IRMS methods. Here we present a description of the analyzer and its technology as well as recent results from two different collaborators who utilized the analyzer.
Jesium 2008:
Measuring Stable Isotopes of Water in Both Gas and Liquid Phase Using a Single Field-Deployable Analyzer
Results presented from field trials at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and laboratory tests at INSTAAR of a newly available analyzer capable of performing continuous measurements of stable isotopes (δD and δ18O) of liquid water and / or water vapor samples.
AGU 2007 Fall Meeting:
High-Precision Measurements of CO2, CH4 and H2O for Atmospheric Inversion and Eddy Covariance Flux Based on Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy.
Description of field-deployable instrumentation that measures carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor with both high-accuracy and high-precision would reduce the uncertainty in the determination of terrestrial sources and sinks of these dominant greenhouse gases.
Pittcon 2007:
A Field-Deployable, High Accuracy Atmospheric Multi-Gas Monitor Based on Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
Picarro has developed a field-deployable, real time, ambient gas monitor capable of measuring atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, methane, hydrogen sulfide, and ammonia with parts-per-billion (ppbv) sensitivity and water vapor with parts-per-million (ppmv) sensitivity. Results from field trials of three different CO2 analyzers at Harvard, Penn State, and the NOAA facility in Boulder CO are shown.
FLAIR 2007:
An ultra-sensitive, six-species trace gas analyzer for continuously monitoring concentrated animal feeding operations.
Describes development of and results obtained from an analyzer engineered by Picarro for measuring six important atmospheric contaminants (hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, water vapor and methane) that are of interest to researchers monitoring Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).