Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1627-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1627-2016
Research article
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13 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 13 Apr 2016

The detection of carbon dioxide leaks using quasi-tomographic laser absorption spectroscopy measurements in variable wind

Zachary H. Levine, Adam L. Pintar, Jeremy T. Dobler, Nathan Blume, Michael Braun, T. Scott Zaccheo, and Timothy G. Pernini

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People release great quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere – enough to cause serious problems for human, animal, and plant life. Can we keep the carbon dioxide in storage underground? To make sure the storage sites do not leak, we explore a system of monitoring using lasers. We find that variable wind actually makes it easier to identify leaks against the large background concentration and other point sources because they do not shift with the wind the way the leak does.