LI-COR Visits UNL’s Third Annual Weather Camp

June 19th, 2013

Weather campers writing daily weather observations in their weather journals.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) hosted its third annual Weather Camp the week of June 10th, 2013. Seventeen campers—ranging from 9 to 14 years old—ventured to Lincoln, Nebraska for the weeklong camp related to all things weather and science. The camp is part of a national program that seeks to inspire students toward careers in…

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Students Use LI-COR Instrumentation for Alternative Crop Research

June 12th, 2013

TSU_PigeonpeaPlot

As an undergraduate student at Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville, Kadijah Porter wanted to make a lasting difference while learning about plant ecophysiology. With the guidance of faculty, she and her fellow students ventured beyond the classroom to participate in a three-year field experiment that evaluated the effects of planting dates, densities, and varieties…

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LEEF Training 2013

June 11th, 2013

LEEF Training

The LI-COR Environmental Education Fund (LEEF) training is a five-day course available to all LEEF Ecophysiology awardees. Led by LI-COR’s scientific staff, this hands-on course allows for collaboration with fellow LEEF recipients and covers a variety of topics, from the fundamentals of making gas exchange measurements to how to use the LI-6400XT for classroom instruction….

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Obtaining Calibration Coefficients for Your LI-COR Gas Analyzer(s) Online

June 4th, 2013

The calibration coefficients for LI-COR gas analyzers are factory installed, or may be re-entered if the instrument is returned for service at LI-COR. If the original calibration certificate that was sent with the instrument is misplaced, you can get a copy of it from LI-COR’s technical support web page by following these steps: 1. Go…

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LI-COR Analyzers Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Worldwide as Atmospheric Levels Reach 400 parts per million

May 21st, 2013

On May 13, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported a preliminary daily average carbon dioxide (CO2) reading of 400.07 parts per million (ppm) at the Mauna Loa Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii. On May 9, a reading over 400 ppm was reported at the site for the first time ever. But…

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