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1Longopen-path,TDLbasedsystemformonitoringmethanebackgroundconcentrationfordeploymentatJungfraujochHighAltitudeResearchStation-SwitzerlandValentinSimeonov,HubertvandenBergh,andMarcParlangeEPFL-ENAC-EFLUMStation2,CH1015Lausanne,Switzerland,Tel.
+41(0)216936185,Fax.
+41(0)216936390email(valentin.
simeonov@epfl.
ch)Anew,longopen-pathinstrumentformonitoringofthebackgroundmethaneconcentrationpath-averagedover1000mwillbepresented.
Theinstrumentallowsmonitoringofwatervaporconcentrationaswell.
Theinstrumentisbuiltonthemonostaticscheme(transceiver–distantretroreflector).
AVCSELtunablediodelaser(TDL)withacentralwavelengthof1654nmisusedasalightsource.
Thereceiverisbuiltarounda20cmNewtoniantelescope.
Toavoiddistortionsintheshapeofamethaneline,causedbyatmosphericturbulences,themethanelineisscannedwithin1μs.
FastInGaAsphotodiodesanda200MHz,14bitADCareusedtoachievethisscanningrate.
Theexpectedconcentrationresolutionfortheabovementionedpath-lengthsisoftheorderof1ppbwithaccuracybetterthan5%.
TheinstrumentisdevelopedattheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnology–Lausanne(EPFL)SwitzerlandandwillbeusedwithintheGAW+CHprogramforlong-termmonitoringofbackgroundmethaneconcentrationintheSwissAlps.
AftercompletingtheongoinginitialtestsattheEPFL,theinstrumentwillbeinstalledin2012attheHighAltitudeResearchStationJungfraujoch(HARSJ).
TheHARSJislocatedat3580mASLandisoneofthe24globalGAWstationsandcarriesoncontinuousobservationsofanumberoftracegasses,includingmethane.
Oneofthegoalsoftheprojectistocomparepath-averagedtoongoingpointmeasurementsofmethaneinordertoidentifypossibleinfluenceofthestation.
FuturedeploymentsofacopyoftheinstrumentcouldincludetheColombianpartofAmazoniaandSiberianwetlands.
1.
IntroductionAnumberofgasesareinvolvedintheanthropogenicenhancementofthegreenhouseeffect.
Themostimportantofthesegreenhousegases(GHGs)arecarbondioxide(CO2);methane(CH4);nitrousoxide(N2O);halocarbons(HC);andtroposphericozone(O3).
Methanehasaspecialplaceamongthesegasessinceitsglobalwarmingpotentialis25timesoreven72timeslargerthanthepotentialofCO2in100yr.
and20yr.
timehorizonsrespectively[1].
Besidethedirectradiativeforcing(RF),estimatedto+0.
48Wm-2methanehasimportantindirecteffectbecauseofitschemicalreactivityresultinginatotalRFof+0.
7Wm-2.
TheindirectradiativeeffectsofmethaneresultmostlyfromreactionwithatmosphericOH.
Thisreaction:reducestheOHconcentration,leadingviaapositivefeedbacktoanenhancementofmethaneandsomeHClifetimes;producesadditionalCO2;enhancesstratosphericwatervapor;andincreasestroposphericozoneconcentrationthroughthemethaneproductionchain.
BecauseofconcentrationslowerthanthoseofCO2,atpresentmethanehasthesecond-largestradiativeforcing(RF)effectafterCO2.
Methaneisemittedbynaturalandanthropogenicsourceswithanthropogenicsourcesaccountingfor60%ofthetotalCH4budgetatpresent.
Themainnaturalsourcesarewetlands,termites,oceans,geologicalsources,methanehydrates,andwildfire.
Themostimportantanthropogenicsourcesareenergyproduction,(includingmining,fossilfuelproduction,distributionanduse),riceagriculture,ruminantanimals,landfills,wastetreatmentandbiomassburning.
ThemainmethanesinksaretheoxidationbytroposphericOH,oxidationinsoilsandlosstostratosphere.
Methaneconcentrationshaveincreasedalmost2.
5timessince1750reaching1774ppbin2005.
Systematicmeasurementsoverthelast25yearsshowa30%increaseinmethaneconcentrationsduringthatperiod.
Thisincreaseisnotmonotonic,withgreaterthan1%peryeargrowthratesinthelate1970andearly1980,slowingdowntozeroornegativevaluesduring1999-2005withsubstantialinterannualvariationsintheperiod1988-2005.
Recentdatashowrenewedgrowthofatmosphericmethane[2]duringlastyears.
ThereasonsforthedecreaseandvariabilityintheCH4growthrateandtheimplicationsforfuturechangesarenotunderstoodalthoughanumberofhypothesesweresuggested[1].
Inresponsetoanincreaseinglobalaveragetemperature,largequantitiesofmethanecanbereleasedinrelativelyshorttimescalesfromgeologicalstorage,suchasmethanehydratesandpermafrostandthroughbiogenicprocesses.
Theglobaltemperatureincreasecancausesignificantincreaseinmethaneconcentrationssince70%oftheatmosphericmethaneoriginatesfrombiogenicsources,whicharehighlysensitivetoclimatevariables.
Recentstudieshaveshownthatthepermafrostcontainsapprox.
500-900Gtcarbon,upto30%ofwhichcanbeconvertedinmethanebymicroorganismsduringthawing[3,4,5].
Inresponsetoclimatewarming,permafrosthasalreadybeguntothaw,withextremeprojectionsthatbytheendofthecenturyitwillhavethawedalmostcompletely.
Climatechangesalsoaffectthestabilityofmethanehydratesbeneaththeoceanwhere~4Ttarestored[6].
ThelatestobservationsoftheSiberianArcticshelfsuggestthat900Gtmethanearestoredthereinmethanehydratedepositsandasafreegasbelowthehydratedeposits.
Thereishighprobabilitythat50Gtmethaneofthisstoragecanbereleasedabruptlyatanytimedueto2thechangesinseawatertemperatures,relatedtothemeltingofArcticice,orasaresultofgeologicalevents[7,8,9].
DatafromSeptember2005showhigh(12000%)CH4supersaturationofsurfacewater,andhigh(upto8ppm)CH4concentrationintheatmosphericlayerabovetheseasurfaceovertheEastSiberianShelf[7].
Currentlyseveralnetworksandgovernmentalorganizationssystematicallymeasuremethaneconcentrationinsurfaceair[1].
NOAA/GMDisthemostgeographicallyextensivenetworkoperating40surfaceairflask-samplingsitesandacquiringdataalmostweeklysince1983[10].
GAGE/AGAGEnetworkoperates5+3sitesequippedwithautomaticsystemswithsamplingratesupto36samples/24hsincelate1980[11].
Allnetworksuseexclusivelythegaschromatograph(GC)techniquewithaflameionizationdetector(FID)formeasuringCH4concentration.
Withapropercalibration,thistechniquecansupplymeasurementswithrelativelygoodsensitivityandprecisionof0.
2-1%.
Sincethemeasurementprocessdependsonanumberofexternalparameters,toachievesufficientcorrelationamongmeasurementstakenwithdifferentinstrumentsandbetweenconsecutiverunstakenwiththesameinstrument,theGCrequirescalibrationwithaprecisestandardgasmixturebeforeeverysamplemeasurement.
Driftsandshiftsinthestandardscale[12]mayrequirereassessmentofthewholedataseries.
Inaddition,GCinstrumentshaverelativelyhighinitialpriceandoperationalcostsbecauseoftheneedofexpensiveconsumables(highandvery-highpuritygases),theneedofspecialenvironment(housing),andregularmaintenancebyqualifiedpersonnel.
Sincethesamplingisdoneatafixedpoint,themeasurementscanbeeasilyalteredbysampletakingandcanbeaffectedbylocalsources,sinks,orlocaltransport,particularlyinpoorlymixedatmospheresasinthecaseofwetlandswhereconcentrationcanvarybyordersofmagnitudefordistancesofseveralmeters.
Therefore,pointmeasurementslackthespatialrepresentativenessneededformodelingpurposes.
BecauseofallthesefactorsGCarenotsuitablefortheenlargementoftheexistingCH4networksasenvisagedintheGAW2008-2015strategicplanespeciallyinArcticandtropicalregions.
Infrared(IR)spectralanalysistechniquessuchasFourierTransformInfrared(FTIR)orTunableLaserAbsorptionSpectroscopy(TLAS)arewidelyusedforaccuratequantitativemeasurementsoftracegasconcentrations[13].
TheconcentrationisderivedfromIRabsorptionmeasuredoveranopticalpath.
Thesensitivityandtheprecisionofthesemeasurementsdependstronglyonthepath-length.
Toachievesufficientsensitivityandprecisionfortraceconcentrationmeasurements,thepathlengthisextendedeitherbyusingmultiple-pathcellsormeasuringoverlong-pathinopenair(referredtohereinas"open-path"orOP).
Themultiple-passtechniqueallowscompactinstrumentaldesignandrelativelyeasycalibrationbutbeingapointmeasurementtechniquesuffersfromthesamedrawbacksastheGCtechniquementionedabove.
IntheOPtechniquetheconcentrationmeasurementsareaveragedoveranextendedpath,andthereforearemuchlessaffectedbylocalunrepresentativefluctuationsingasconcentrationthanmeasurementstakenwithpointsensors.
Thepassiveopen-pathFTIRmethodusestheSunasalightsourceandhasbeenusedtoproducecontinuous,longtimeseriesofhighquality,totalcolumnGHGsdata[14].
TheFTIRmethod,however,islimitedtoonlydaytimeandclearweatherconditions.
TheactiveOP-FTIRcanbeoperatedaroundtheclockbuttheachievableabsorptionpathsareusuallyshort(<1000m)becauseoftheuseofnon-coherentlightsources,whichleadstolowsensitivity.
BothOP-FTIRmethodsrequiresignificantresourcesandexpertknowledgetoensureproperdeployment,operation,andfinaldataproduction.
Furthermore,FTIRinstrumentsaredelicateandhavemovingparts,whichmakesthemdifficulttodeployinfieldconditions.
Theadvancesinsemiconductorlaserscienceandtechnologyhasmadeavailabletunable,sourcesforreal-timeTLASmonitoringofalargenumberofmolecularspeciesintheIR.
TunableDiodelaser(TDL)andQuantumCascadeLaser(QCL)basedpointmeasurementsofanumberoftracegasesincludingCO2,CH4,O3N2Oandotherhavebeensuccessfullydemonstratedinrecentyears[15,16,17,18,19,20]andcommercialinstruments[21,22,23]havebecomeavailablerecently.
Themajorityoftheseexperimentsandmostcommercialinstrumentsarehowever,designedforpointobservations.
SomesuccessfulOPexperimentshavebeencarriedoutinthelate1970,butbecauseofthelackofsuitablelasersources,thesetypemeasurementsdidnotfindwideapplications.
Recentlywiththeappearanceofnewlasersources,OPmeasurementsofmethanehavebeenreportedandcommercialinstruments[24]areavailable.
Theseinstrumentshoweveraredesignedmostlyfordetectinggasleaksormeasuringhigherthanbackgroundconcentrations.
Inthispaperwedescribeanew,TDLbasedOPinstrumentformonitoringofthebackgroundmethaneconcentration.
TheinstrumentisdevelopedattheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnology–Lausanne(EPFL)SwitzerlandandwillbeusedwithintheGAW+CHprogramforlong-termmonitoringofbackgroundmethaneconcentrationintheSwissAlps.
AftercompletingtheongoinginitialtestsattheEPFL,theinstrumentwillbeinstalledin2012attheHighAltitudeResearchStationJungfraujoch(HARSJ).
TheHARSJislocatedat3580mASLandisoneofthe24globalGAWstationsandcarriesoncontinuousobservationsofanumberoftracegasses,includingmethane.
Oneofthegoalsoftheprojectistocomparepath-averagedtoongoingpointmeasurementsofmethaneinordertoidentifypossibleinfluenceofthestation.
FuturedeploymentsofacopyoftheinstrumentcouldincludetheColombianpartofAmazoniaandSiberianwetlands.
2.
TheoryofoperationTheOPTDLtechniqueemploystheabsorptionspectroscopyprincipletoobtainspeciesconcentration.
TheconcentrationCisderivedfromthemeasuredoverthesamplelengthLlighttransmittance)(νTasLTC)()(lnνσν=3where)(νσiswavelength)(νdependantabsorptioncrosssection,specificforthedetectedsubstance.
Thetransmittanceismeasuredbysweepingrepeatedlythelaserwavelengthacrossanabsorptionlineofthespeciesbeingdetected.
Thetransmittancemeasuredoutsideoftheabsorptionlineisusedtocorrectforlightlossesotherthanspeciesabsorption.
Toachievesufficientsensitivity(oftheorderofppbv),theopen-pathmonitoringuseslongopticalpathsthroughtheatmosphere.
Thisgivesapath-averagedvalueofthespeciesconcentration.
ThemainfeaturesoftheOPTDLmethod,whichmakeitavaluabletechniqueforatmosphericmeasurements,canbesummarizedas:-Asahigh-resolutionspectroscopictechniqueitisvirtuallyimmunetointerferencesbyotherspecies,aproblemthatplaguesmostcompetingmethods.
-Asadifferentialspectroscopictechniquethemethodallowsstraightforwardcalibrationandcancelationofbackgroundabsorption-Concentrationmeasurementsareaveragedoveranextendedpath,andthereforearemuchlessaffectedbylocalunrepresentativefluctuationsingasconcentrationthanmeasurementstakenwithpointsensors.
-Itofferscontinuousmeasurementsattime-constantsoftensofsecondsorsowithppborsub-ppblowdetectionlimit.
Thetime-constantofthetechniquecanbetradedoffagainstsensitivityandthiscanallowfluxmeasurementsofrelativelyabundantspeciesbytheeddy-fluxcorrelationtechnique.
-Measurementscanbemadeinregionsofdifficultaccess,especiallyabovegroundlevel.
-Thereisnomaterialcontactbetweengasandsensorandthusthereisnodegradationofthegasbeingmeasuredor"poisoning"ofthesensor.
-Severalspeciescanbemeasuredsimultaneouslywithasinglelaser-Itisageneraltechnique.
Thesameinstrumentcaneasilybeconvertedfromonespeciestoanotherbychangingthelaserorthelasertemperature.
Furthermore,thenumberofsimultaneouslymeasuredspeciescanbeextendedbymultiplexingtheoutputsofseverallasers.
3.
InstrumentdesignanddeploymentTheinstrumentconsistsofatransmitter-receiveranddistantretroreflectoroperatedinmonostaticconfigurationasshowninFig.
1.
Thetransmitter-receiverisdesignedasacompactblockbuiltaroundthereceivingtelescope.
ThetransmitterusesaVerticalCavitySurfaceEmittingLaser(VCSEL)withacentralwavelength1.
654μm,current-tunedover3nm.
Therelativelywidetuningrangeofthelaserallowssimultaneousmeasurementsofwatervaporusingawatervaporabsorptionbandcenteredatapprox.
6047.
8cm-1.
Thelaserradiationiscollimatedbyanoff-axisparabolicmirroranddirectedtotheretroreflectoralongthetelescopeopticalaxis.
ForalignmentpurposesagreentracinglaserbeamistransmittedcoaxiallytotheIRlaserbeam.
ThetelescopeisNewtoniantypewith20cmdiameterofthemainmirror.
PeltiercooledInGaAsphotodiodeandalow-noisetransimpedanceamplifierareusedinthereceiver.
Toavoiddistortionsinthelineshape,causedbyatmosphericturbulences,themethanelineisscannedwithin1μs.
Theacquisitioniscarriedoutbyafast14bit,200MHzADCcardinstalledinaPC.
Thelaser,thecollimatingoptics,andthereceiverdetectorarefixedonthetelescope.
Aretroreflectorwith15cmclearaperturewasassembledfromflatmirrorsusingthetechnologyforbuildingandalignmentdevelopedatEPFL.
TheinstrumentiscontrolledviaLabViewbasedsoftware.
Toensurebetterthan1ppbaccuracythedatatreatmentsoftwarewilltakeintoaccounttheactualatmosphericpressureandtemperaturemeasuredatthetwoendsoftheopticalpathandlaserpowervariations.
Fig.
1.
Opticalschemaoftheinstrument.
Theenclosuresofthetransceiverandtheretroreflectorarenotshownhereforsimplicity.
4.
Fig.
2LeftAphotographoftheopen-pathinstrumentformonitoringbackgroundmethaneconcentration.
Rightpane;lInstrumenttransceiver.
Leftpanel.
ThemeasuringsiteatEPFLshowingthepositionoftheretroreflector.
Theinsetshowsaclosepictureoftheretroreflector.
Theinstrumenthasalreadybeenbuiltandextensivetestsmeasurementsover1000mopticalpathhasbeencarriedout.
ApictureoftheinstrumentisshownontheleftpanelofFig.
2.
TherightpanelofthesamefigureshowsthedeployedattheEPFLcampusindicatingthepositionoftheretroreflector.
Acomparisonbetweenasimulated(usingHITRANdatabase)andexperimentallymeasuredatmosphericabsorptiontakenduringthetestsisshowninFig.
3.
Well-expressedmethaneandwatervaporspectralfeaturesareclearlyseeninthefigure.
ThesignallevelandsignaltonoiseratioallowustoestimatethatthemeasurementofambientCH4concentrationswithaccuracyandprecisionbetterthan1ppbisfeasiblewiththecurrentconfigurationforacquisitiontimesoftheorderoftensofseconds.
Thelowerdetectionlimitforwatervaporisexpectedtobeoftheorderoftensofppb.
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6Thenextphaseoftheprojectisdueforexperimentalmeasurements,comparisonwiththeoperationalatJungfraujochpointandremotemeasurementsandanalysisoftheresults.
Todefinetheweatherdependencemeasurementswillbecarriedoutindifferentweatherconditions.
Becauseoftheshortacquisitiontimeoftheopen-pathmidIRsystem,measurementswillbepossibleinscatteredcloudsinshorttimeintervals.
ThecomparisonwiththeregularpointgaschromatographandTDLmulti-passcellmeasurementsandwiththeFTIRspace-averagedmeasurementswillbecarriedout.
ThegoaloftheintercomparisonisnotonlytoverifytheTDL-open-pathdatabutalsotoidentifypossibleinfluenceoftheemissionsfromtheJungfraujochstationandtouristsitesonthepointGHGsmeasurements.
TheJungfraujochisaverybusytouristsitewithahighlysophisticatedinfrastructureandupto8'000visitorsperday;thereforetherealwaysexiststhepossibilitythatemissionsfromtheJungfraujochtouristfacilitiescanaffectthepointmeasurementsofCH4andwatervaportoamuchlargerextentthanthelongopenpathmeasurements.
SincetheTDLinstrumentwillsupplydataaveragedoverone(two)kilometersthiscouldpossiblyallowtheidentificationoftheJungfraujochstation'sinfluenceontheGHGsmeasurementsbystudyingthedifferencesbetweenthepointandspatiallyaverageddata,andvisitorstatisticsandmeteorologicalconditions.
4.
ConclusionAnew,longopen-pathinstrumentformonitoringofatmosphericwatervaporandbackgroundmethaneconcentrationpath-averagedover1000mwasdevelopedattheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnology–Lausanne(EPFL)Switzerland.
Theinstrumentisbuiltonthemonostaticscheme(transceiver–distantretroreflector).
UsinganIRVerticalCavitySurfaceEmittingLaserinthetransmitter.
Thereceiverisbuiltarounda20cmNewtoniantelescope.
Toavoiddistortionsintheshapeofamethaneline,causedbyatmosphericturbulences,themethanelineisscannedwithin1μs.
FastInGaAsphotodiodesanda200MHz,14bitADCareusedtoachievethisscanningrate.
TheinstrumentwillbeusedwithintheGAW+CHprogramforlong-termmonitoringofbackgroundmethaneconcentrationintheSwissAlps.
AftercompletingtheongoinginitialtestsattheEPFL,theinstrumentwillbedeployedin2012attheHighAltitudeResearchStationJungfraujoch(3580mASL).
FuturedeploymentsofacopyoftheinstrumentcouldincludetheColombianpartofAmazoniaandSiberianwetlands.
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