Laser2Drone-Isotope analysis of greenhouse gases and water vapour.

Our vision is to further develop the isotope-sample collection module for analysis with the more available laser based systems for isotope analysis. The idea is that system could fit on to any suitable commercially available drone or blimp and that could be controlled independently of the drone system. We have developed such a system for isotope ratio mass spectrometer systems in FFG projects Iso-2-Drone, but developing the system for laser would significantly improve the reach and applicability of the system. In the initial months the isotope-sample collection module will be constructed and programmed to fit a suitable commercially available drone or blimp; this will be an iterative process dependent on the method of sample collection. The specific objective of the project will be to develop an isotope-sample collection module to fit on to a commercially available drone or blimp. We will test whether the system can then be meshed with the CDR laser systems for isotope analysis. We have made a number of methodological improvements that would allow us to sample 18-O and the greenhouse gases CO2, Methane and nitrous oxide. We now seek to determine whether this would be possible on the CDRS system.