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A Differential Absorption LiDAR for Measurement of Greenhouse Gases

用于测量温室气体的差分吸收激光雷达

基本信息

批准号：
ST/L001810/1
负责人：
John Moncrieff
金额：
$ 22.2万
依托单位：
University of Edinburgh
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FL001810%2F1
关键词：
Differential Absorption LiDAR Measurement Greenhouse

项目摘要

One of the great unanswered science questions of our time is - just where does all the carbon go that we emit into the atmosphere? It is a surprisingly difficult question to answer given there are a range of possible candidates such as oceans, forests and agriculture. What we do know is that uncertainty exists and we have a 'missing carbon sink' in the global carbon balance. We need to know the carbon balance and the fate of carbon in our land-ocean-atmosphere system if we can ever aim to mitigate global change by manipulating natural sources and sinks of carbon. The new discipline of Carbon Cycle Science is just beginning and our DIAL system is ideally placed to observe and understand carbon in various forms moving, from terrestrial and water systems, into and out of the atmosphere. The relatively low-cost and autonomous operation of the DIAL MGG means that many can be deployed in remote areas, covering parts of the world where no observations are currently made. The DIAL MGG can be used as a complementary technique to existing measurements covered by scientific networks in the USA, Europe and Japan. Scientists currently use weather models to determine where the carbon comes from by measuring carbon that passes an instrument at an observation point; this allows estimates of carbon up to 5-7 km in the atmosphere and they can then work out carbon exchange on regional and continental scales.DIAL MGG is also complementary to satellite observations since satellites cannot resolve great detail within the lower several kilometres of the atmosphere and can only give column-integrated values. The DIAL MGG can return CO2 and CH4 concentrations every few hundred metres in the lower atmosphere. After a period of assessments when DIAL MGG is calibrated against current methods and technology we believe that the DIAL MGG may ultimately replace current methods. There is economic and political value in knowing where carbon is flowing in the atmosphere. Carbon trading is still in its infancy but a series of DIAL MGG instruments, for instance, located upwind and downwind of a tropical forest being offered as a carbon sink for payment of Carbon credits, would prove unequivocally what the sink (or source) strength was for that forest. Similarly, leakage from any proposed shale gas site could be observed independently and quantitatively by a number of DIAL MGG instruments.Examples of the STFC expertise being deployed on this project which are critical to success include:- Specifying appropriate telescope components to produce the desired performance;- Designing and manufacturing a bespoke optical system to launch the laser in alignment with the telescope;- Alignment of the Detector.

我们这个时代最大的未解科学问题之一是--我们排放到大气中的碳到底去了哪里？这是一个令人惊讶的困难问题，因为有一系列可能的候选人，如海洋，森林和农业。我们所知道的是，不确定性存在，我们在全球碳平衡中有一个“缺失的碳汇”。如果我们能够通过控制自然碳源和碳汇来减缓全球变化，我们就需要知道陆地-海洋-大气系统中的碳平衡和碳的命运。碳循环科学的新学科刚刚起步，我们的DIAL系统非常适合观察和了解从陆地和水系统进入和离开大气的各种形式的碳。DIAL MGG的相对低成本和自主操作意味着许多可以部署在偏远地区，覆盖目前没有观测的世界部分地区。DIAL MGG可用作美国、欧洲和日本科学网络所涵盖的现有测量的补充技术。科学家们目前使用天气模型，通过测量在观测点通过仪器的碳来确定碳的来源;这使得碳的估计高达5-DIAL MGG也是卫星观测的补充，因为卫星无法解析大气层下方几公里内的细节，只能给出列积分值。DIAL MGG可以每隔几百米返回低层大气中的CO2和CH 4浓度。经过一段时间的评估，当DIAL MGG根据当前的方法和技术进行校准时，我们相信DIAL MGG最终可能取代当前的方法。了解碳在大气中的流向具有经济和政治价值。碳交易仍处于起步阶段，但一系列DIAL MGG工具，例如，位于热带森林的上风和下风处，作为碳排放信用额支付的碳汇，将明确证明该森林的汇（或源）强度。同样，任何拟建页岩气田的泄漏都可以通过大量DIAL MGG仪器进行独立和定量的观察。STFC在该项目上部署的对成功至关重要的专业知识的例子包括：-安装合适的望远镜组件，以产生所需的性能;-设计和制造定制的光学系统，以发射与望远镜对准的激光;-校准探测器。