Climate Scientists Successfully Deploy Water Isotope Analyzer at 11,000 Feet Altitude
Mauna Loa, Hawaii and Sunnyvale, CA, USA – Climate scientists from the University of Colorado and the University of New Mexico studying the water cycle have successfully deployed a Picarro precision water isotope analyzer at a remote monitoring station near the top of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Sampling water vapor at this extreme altitude (11,000 feet above sea level) is notoriously difficult because the water concentration can drop as low a few hundred parts per million.