Short-term variability of atmospheric helium revealed through a cryo-enrichment method

Birner, Benjamin; Morgan, Eric; Keeling, Ralph F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1551-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1551-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1551-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

Research article

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24 Mar 2023

Research article |

| 24 Mar 2023

Short-term variability of atmospheric helium revealed through a cryo-enrichment method

Benjamin Birner, Eric Morgan, and Ralph F. Keeling

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1551-2023-supplement

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Data from: Short-term variability of atmospheric helium revealed through a cryo-enrichment method B. Birner, E. Morgan, and R. Keeling https://doi.org/10.6075/J0J966JF

Short summary

Atmospheric variations of helium (He) and CO₂ are strongly linked due to the co-release of both gases from natural-gas burning. This implies that atmospheric He measurements may be a potentially powerful tool for verifying reported anthropogenic natural-gas usage. Here, we present the development and initial results of a novel measurement system of atmospheric He that paves the way for establishing a global monitoring network in the future.