Resources Library

Blog

NOAA Earth System Research Lab

BOULDER, CO — According to their website, the Global Monitoring Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Read Blog

Blog

YAK-AEROSIB (Airborne Extensive Regional Observations in SIBeria)

FRANCE / RUSSIA — With a large percentage of its area covered by forest (800×106 hectares) and huge stocks of carbon...

Read Blog

Blog

Back to the Greenhouse Gas Future: A Conversation with Jim Butler, Director of NOAA’s Global Monitoring Division

Few scientific meetings match the level of organization and attendee engagement as does this Global Monitoring Annual...

Read Blog

Blog

The Urban Issue: why we need to start measuring cities now

One thing I probably do a little too much of in this job is travel. While it can be a hassle, you do get to see a lot of...

Read Blog

Blog

Blog: Picarro Surveyor™ for Natural Gas: Rapid, Accurate Leak Detection for Improved Safety; PG&E - First Utility to Deploy Technology

In January, Picarro introduced a first-of-its-kind solution for natural gas pipeline leak detection and measurement...

Read Blog

Blog

Quarterly Featured Picarro Coolest Remote Sites

It's commonly said here at Picarro that our customers have more interesting lives than we do -- we're always receiving...

Read Blog

Poster

New Experimental Approaches to Measuring Plant-Extracted Waters

The recent development of a field deployable water isotope analyzer using CRDS technology was used to directly measure...

Download PDF

Blog

Nerdgasm! Building Cool Scientific Instruments, and the Joys of Innovation

Prior to Picarro, I was on the academic path. I completed my PhD under the supervision of a brilliant scientist, then...

Read Blog

Poster

Real-Time Field-Based Water Vapor Isotope Measurements with a CRDS Analyzer: Probing Cropland Evapotranspiration

Describes a field campaign wherein a Picarro water isotope analyzer was used to measure isotopes in water vapor over a...

Download PDF

Blog

Wing Pods, UAVs and NASA = Very Cool, Very Innovative Science

I've got two simple yet evocative phrases for you. Wing pods. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Excited? We are. During late...

Read Blog

Blog

How do you know rising carbon dioxide levels are from human activities?

The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO 2) is a product of human activities that use carbon-based fuels, such as home...

Read Blog

Poster

High Precision ¹³C/¹²C Measurement of Dissolved Carbon Using a Transportable Cavity Ring-Down Spectrophotometer System

The world’s first continuous flow isotopic TIC/DOC-CRDS measurements are reported here with remarkable achieved...

Download PDF

Poster

Investigations of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Samples for Isotopic Composition and Interfering Compounds Using CRDS

Hydrothermal fluids from two vent sites along the East Scotia Ridge, E2 and E9, were analyzed for their hydrogen and...

Download PDF

Poster

Measuring CO, CH4, CO2 & H2O Simultaneously Using New CRDS Technology to Characterize Urban Plumes & the Well-Mixed Atmosphere

Cavity Ring-Down spectroscopy is becoming a gold standard for atmospheric monitoring. High sensitivity and precision...

Download PDF

Poster

An Acetylene Tracer-Based Approach to Quantifying Methane Emissions from Distributed Sources Using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

The quantification of fugitive methane emissions from extended sources such as landfills is problematic due to the high...

Download PDF

Resource Library