Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-355-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-355-2023
Research article
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24 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 24 Jan 2023

Laser-induced sublimation extraction for centimeter-resolution multi-species greenhouse gas analysis on ice cores

Lars Mächler, Daniel Baggenstos, Florian Krauss, Jochen Schmitt, Bernhard Bereiter, Remo Walther, Christoph Reinhard, Béla Tuzson, Lukas Emmenegger, and Hubertus Fischer

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We present a new method to extract the gases from ice cores and measure their greenhouse gas composition. The ice is sublimated continuously with a near-infrared laser, releasing the gases, which are then analyzed on a laser absorption spectrometer. The main advantage over previous efforts is a low effective resolution of 1–2 cm. This capability is crucial for the analysis of highly thinned ice, as expected from ongoing drilling efforts to extend ice core history further back in time.