Articles | Volume 12, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6803-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6803-2019
Research article
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20 Dec 2019
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2019

High-precision atmospheric oxygen measurement comparisons between a newly built CRDS analyzer and existing measurement techniques

Tesfaye A. Berhanu, John Hoffnagle, Chris Rella, David Kimhak, Peter Nyfeler, and Markus Leuenberger

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Accurate measurement of variations in atmospheric O2 can provide useful information about atmospheric, biospheric, and oceanic processes, which is a challenge for existing measurement techniques. Here, we introduce a newly built high-precision, stable CRDS analyzer (Picarro G2207) that can measure O2 mixing ratios with a short-term precision of < 1 ppm and only requires calibration every 12 h. Measurements from tower and mountain sites are also presented.