19-06-2014 дата публикации
Номер: US20140172323A1
A system of systems to monitor data for carbon flux, for example, at scales capable of managing regional net carbon flux and pricing carbon financial instruments is disclosed. The system of systems can monitor carbon flux in forests, soils, agricultural areas, body of waters, flue gases, and the like. The system includes a means to identify and quantify sources of carbon based on simultaneous measurement of isotopologues of carbon dioxide, for example, industrial, agricultural or natural sources, offering integration of same in time and space. Carbon standards are employed at multiple scales to ensure harmonization of data and carbon financial instruments. 1. A system of systems for creating tradable products that separately quantify biogenic and fossil carbon , comprising:(a) a carbon data collection system for collecting carbon flux data comprising{'sup': 12', '13', '14', '12', '13', '14', '14', '12', '13', '14, 'claim-text': {'sub': '5', 'sup': 12', '13', '14, 'a standard reference gas module for obtaining a standard reference baseline and calibrating the measured amounts of the C, C, and C isotopes from each of said analyzers based on said standard reference baseline;'}, 'an array of analyzers placed in predetermined representative geographic locations, wherein each analyzer comprises a C laser device, a C laser device, a C laser device, and a sample chamber to measure the individual amounts of C, C, and C isotopes contained in one or more samples, a modulator to modulate the C laser device, and a timer to allow measurements of C, C, and C isotopes at a sampling frequency of at least once an hour over a predetermined time period; and'}{'sup': 12', '13', '14', '12', '13', '14, '(b) a global reference system including a C laser device, a C laser device, a C laser device, and a global reference sample cell to measure the individual amounts of C, C, and C isotopes contained in a global reference sample;'}{'sup': 12', '13', '14', '12', '13', '14', '12', '13', '14, '( ...
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