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Characterization of a commercial lower-cost medium-precision non-dispersive infrared sensor for atmospheric CO2 monitoring in urban areas
Emmanuel Arzoumanian
LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto,
Canada
Ana Bastos
LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
Bakhram Gaynullin
Senseair AB, Delsbo, Sweden
Olivier Laurent
LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
Michel Ramonet
LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
Philippe Ciais
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
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Short summary
We tested commercial lower-cost CO2 sensors in laboratory and field studies to see if they can measure atmospheric CO2 mole fractions with less than 1 ppm bias (with monthly calibration), to allow continuous urban CO2 monitoring.
We find that the sensors' CO2 readings are influenced by temperature, atmospheric pressure and water vapour content, but this can be corrected for by adding sensors (T, p, RH) and carefully calibrating each sensor against a high-precision instrument.
We tested commercial lower-cost CO2 sensors in laboratory and field studies to see if they can...
