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Air collection and Gas flux measurements

Chambers and devices allowing to sample air and measure gas fluxes in closed or open systems.

  • VSI Ecosystem respiration chambers
  • VSI TC-400 PTFE Gas Flux Chambers
  • VSI AS-100 Air Sampler
  • VSI EV-101 Vial Evacuator
  • VSI GF-500 HT Gas Flux Autosampler

Gas exchange measurements (e.g. on greenhouse gases including CO2) are often made with the closed, non-steady state chamber technique whereby a chamber is placed on top of the soil for a short interval and the change in gas concentrations in the chamber headspace is monitored over time - either by continued measurements or sampling of gas aliquots from the chamber headspace. The resulting time series of gas concentration measurements makes it possible to estimate the surface–atmosphere exchange with the plot on which the chamber was installed. In open dynamic systems (=steady-state flow-through systems) fresh ambient air is pumped into or pulled from a chamber, and flux is calculated using the air flow rate and the difference in concentrations between the air entering and leaving the chamber after the air in the chamber headspace has reached a steady state.

  • Closed Ecosystem respiration chambers for CO2, GHG and O2 measurements of soil, plant systems in situ and laboratory
  • Open PTFE chambers for measurements of highly reactive substances such as volatiles (VOCs) or ozone
  • Automatic air sampling of chamber headspace or ambient air into evacuated vials
  • High-throughput auto-sampler for continuous gas flux measurements, in particular soil respiration, under controlled conditions

 

We are / were involved in several research projects aiming to develop automatic, UAV-based gas sampling technology ("Iso-Drone") allowing to measure isotope rates of greenhouse gases and water vapour to replace costly research infrastructure such as Eddy towers etc. 

 

We are involved in a R&D project aiming to develop an automatic chamber system for automatic CO2 efflux measurements in situ. 

Peek Preview: Autosampler for Gas Flux Measurements in the laboratory

We are excited to provide a first preview on the novel VSI high-throughput auto-sampler system to facilitate gas emission measurements (in particular soil efflux) under controlled conditions in the laboratory / climate cabinet!

 

See HERE for more pre-information on key features and more images.

 

 

Get in contact if you are interested in early testing and hands-on!

Selected readings on Chamber based gas fluX MEASUREMENTS

  • Lüpke, M., R. Steinbrecher, M. Leuchner, and A. Menzel. 2017. The Tree Drought Emission MONitor (Tree DEMON), an innovative system for assessing biogenic volatile organic compounds emission from plants. Plant Methods 13:14.
  • Madsen, R., Xu, L, Mcdermitt D. 2010. Considerations for making chamber-based soil CO2 flux measurements. Pages 28-31 in Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science: Soil solutions for a changing world, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 August 2010. Congress Symposium 4: Greenhouse gases from soils. International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), c/o Institut für Bodenforschung, Universität für Bodenkultur.
  • Pumpanen, J., P. Kolari, H. Ilvesniemi, K. Minkkinen, T. Vesala, S. Niinisto, A. Lohila, T. Larmola, M. Morero, M. Pihlatie, I. Janssens, J. C. Yuste, J. M. Grnzweig, S. Reth, J. A. Subke, K. Savage, W. Kutsch, G. Ostreng, W. Ziegler, P. Anthoni, A. Lindroth, and P. Hari. 2004. Comparison of different chamber techniques for measuring soil CO2 efflux. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 123:159-176.
  • Siegenthaler, A., B. Welch, S. R. Pangala, M. Peacock, and V. Gauci. 2016. Semi-rigid chambers for methane gas flux measurements on tree stems. Biogeosciences 13:1197.
  • Timkovsky, J., P. Gankema, R. Pierik, and R. Holzinger. 2014. A plant chamber system with downstream reaction chamber to study the effects of pollution on biogenic emissions. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 16:2301-2312.
  • Zhang, X., R. Schwantes, R. McVay, H. Lignell, M. Coggon, R. Flagan, and J. Seinfeld. 2015. Vapor wall deposition in Teflon chambers. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15:4197-4214.  
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Peek Preview

VSI GF-500
VSI GF-500 HT Gas Flux Autosampler for Climate Chambers

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