LGR’s N2O/CO Analyzer is the first instrument
capable of continuously measuring ambient levels
of nitrous oxide and carbon monoxide with high
precision in real time (data rates to 10 Hz with
optional external pump). Users can set up the
instrument in minutes. Since CO is an excellent
tracer of anthropogenic emissions, simultaneous
measurements of CO and N2O can allow scientists to
correlate the sources of N2O emissions. The N2O/CO
Analyzer now also simultaneously measures water
vapor mole fraction. As a result, the instrument
reports N2O and CO on a dry mol basis (accurately
corrects for water vapor dilution and absorption line
broadening effects) without the need for sample
drying or empirical corrections. (For simultaneous
high precision measurements of CO and CO2, please
refer to LGR’s CO/CO2 Analyzer.)
The N2O/CO Analyzer is designed for many
demanding applications including trace-gas (air
quality) monitoring (e.g., GAW stations), eddycorrelation
flux measurements, chamber flux
measurements, and combustion diagnostics. The
Analyzer is particularly well suited for measurements
in the field and has been successfully deployed
on-board aircraft for measurements in the upper
troposphere / lower stratosphere. The N2O/CO
Analyzer is unaffected by other atmospheric gases.