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Match Valve Mismatch

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

The match valve in the LI-6400XT Portable Photosynthesis System is one of the most important but also one of the most overlooked components. Using the match valve allows you to flow the same air stream through the reference and sample analyzers. When the same air flows through both analyzers, the LI-6400XT software can account for…

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EddyPro 4.0 is here!

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

EddyPro 4.0 is the latest version of the open source software and allows experts and those new to the Eddy Covariance method the ability to process flux data by offering an Express Mode and Advanced Mode for processing flux data. In Express Mode, data is processed with commonly used settings, requiring minimal user configuration. The…

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Get your LI-6400/XT Ready for Field Season

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

With field season fast approaching it’s important to refresh your memory on how to prepare your instrument. Dust off your LI-6400/XT and watch our ‘Preparing your LI-6400/XT for Field Season’ webinar that discusses how to prepare stored instruments for measurements and how to conduct important pre-season hardware checks. Click here to watch the webinar.

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Tags: maintenance
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Landfill Methane Emission Monitoring

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has recently enacted a new rule related to the mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases, which requires some municipal solid waste landfills to report their emissions of greenhouse gases, including methane. Click here to view more information on landfill methane emission monitoring and how the eddy covariance…

Innovative Solutions Provide High Quality Open Path Methane Measurements

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

The LI-7700 is the only open path instrument suitable for field measurements of CH4 Eddy Covariance. Open path instruments offer several advantages, including in situ measurement of signal without any alteration, minimized signal attenuation, and low power consumption. The exposed optical path, however, has its own set of challenges, including signal decay as a result…