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Physical Sciences and Mathematics

University of Wollongong

2012

Fourier

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A Fourier Transform Infrared Trace Gas And Isotope Analyser For Atmospheric Applications, D W. T Griffith, N M. Deutscher, C Caldow, G Kettlewell, M Riggenbach, S Hammer Jan 2012

A Fourier Transform Infrared Trace Gas And Isotope Analyser For Atmospheric Applications, D W. T Griffith, N M. Deutscher, C Caldow, G Kettlewell, M Riggenbach, S Hammer

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Concern in recent decades about human impacts on Earth's climate has led to the need for improved and expanded measurement capabilities of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In this paper we describe in detail an in situ trace gas analyser based on Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy that is capable of simultaneous and continuous measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrous oxide (N2O) and 13C in CO2 in air with high precision. High accuracy is established by reference to measurements of standard reference gases. Stable water isotopes can …


Long-Range Correlations In Fourier Transform Infrared, Satellite, And Modeled Co In The Southern Hemisphere, Olaf Morgenstern, Guang Zeng, Stephen W. Wood, John Robinson, Dan Smale, Clare Paton-Walsh, Nicholas B. Jones, David W. T Griffith Jan 2012

Long-Range Correlations In Fourier Transform Infrared, Satellite, And Modeled Co In The Southern Hemisphere, Olaf Morgenstern, Guang Zeng, Stephen W. Wood, John Robinson, Dan Smale, Clare Paton-Walsh, Nicholas B. Jones, David W. T Griffith

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We use Fourier transfonn infrared ground-based measurements and satellite and model data to assess long-range correlations in tropospheric carbon monoxide. We fmd that CO columns measured in New Zealand correlate well with those measured in Antarctica, if a transport-related lag is taken into account. The model suggests that this long-range correlation is part of a mode of anomalous CO comprising almost the whole southern extratropics, which is linked to biomass burning in the southern continents. No such mode is modeled for the Northern Hemisphere. The area of long-range correlations maximizes for the southern subtropical Pacific, which is identified as an …