Technical note: Facilitating the use of low-cost methane (CH4) sensors in flux chambers - calibration, data processing, and an open-source make-it-yourself logger

Bastviken, DavidLinköpings universitet,Tema Miljöförändring,Filosofiska fakulteten (författare)

Funding Agencies|European Research Council (ERC) under the European UnionEuropean Research Council (ERC) [725546]; Swedish Research Council VRSwedish Research Council [2016-04829]; FORMASSwedish Research Council Formas [2018-01794]
A major bottleneck regarding the efforts to better quantify greenhouse gas fluxes, map sources and sinks, and understand flux regulation is the shortage of low-cost and accurate-enough measurement methods. The studies of methane (CH4) - a long-lived greenhouse gas increasing rapidly but irregularly in the atmosphere for unclear reasons, and with poorly understood source-sink attribution - suffer from such method limitations. This study presents new calibration and data processing approaches for use of a low-cost CH4 sensor in flux chambers. Results show that the change in relative CH4 levels can be determined at rather high accuracy in the 2-700 ppm mole fraction range, with modest efforts of collecting reference samples in situ and without continuous access to expensive reference instruments. This opens possibilities for more affordable and time-effective measurements of CH4 in flux chambers. To facilitate such measurements, we also provide a description for building and using an Arduino logger for CH4, carbon dioxide (CO2), relative humidity, and temperature.

Nygren, JonatanLinköpings universitet,Tema Miljöförändring,Filosofiska fakulteten(Swepub:liu)n/a (författare)
Schenk, JonathanLinköpings universitet,Tema Miljöförändring,Filosofiska fakulteten(Swepub:liu)jonsc68 (författare)
Parellada Massana, RoserLinköpings universitet,Tema Miljöförändring,Filosofiska fakulteten(Swepub:liu)rospa17 (författare)
Nguyen, Thanh DucLinköpings universitet,Tema Miljöförändring,Filosofiska fakulteten(Swepub:liu)thang92 (författare)
Linköpings universitetTema Miljöförändring (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Biogeosciences: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH17:13, s. 3659-36671726-41701726-4189

Av författaren/redakt...: Bastviken, David; Nygren, Jonatan; Schenk, Jonathan; Parellada Massan ...; Nguyen, Thanh Du ...

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