Tuneable diode laser for field and laboratory measurement of stable isotopes of CO2

可调谐二极管激光系统将促进对澳大利亚具有重大环境效益的项目。 这些项目将为澳大利亚的二氧化碳平衡提供重要的见解。 这将提高我们预测生态系统是二氧化碳的净源还是净汇的能力--这些信息是澳大利亚温室气体平衡的基础。 可调谐半导体激光系统还将通过提高对农业和林业生产的理解，使澳大利亚的经济受益，农业和林业生产是我们GDP的关键部分。 这些经济效益将来自于对植物生长限制和植物水利用效率的新认识。

The tuneable diode laser system will facilitate projects with major environmental benefits to Australia. Projects will provide major insights into Australia's CO2 balance. This will improve our ability to predict whether ecosystems are net sources or sinks for CO2 -- information that underpins Australia's greenhouse gas balance. The tuneable diode laser system will also benefit Australia's economy via enhancing understanding of agricultural and forest production, a key portion of our GDP. These economic benefits will stem from new knowledge about the limitations to plant growth and the water-use efficiency of plants.