The following list of facilities are those currently
available for use in the greenhouse gas laboratory at
Royal Holloway. These facilities can be used for
commercial and collaborative project work on greenhouse
gas analysis through contact with the group:


High precision high accuracy
analysis
Methane Isotopic analysis
CRDS CO2, CH4, N2O,
CO
GC-Continuous Flow- Mass Spectrometry

Mobile vehicle-mounted CRDS lab
In detail these instruments include:
2 x Trace Gas preconcentrator and IsoPrime mass
spectrometer (GV Instruments) – analysis of δ13C of
CH4 and δ 13C and δ 18O of CO2 in smaller (75 cm3) air
samples, since March 2003.
Los Gatos Research Cavity Ringdown Specrometer for
analysis of CH4 / CO2 and H2O at intervals as fast as per
second
Picarro g2301
(http://www.picarro.com/gas_analyzers/flight_co2_ch4_h2o)
fitted for mobile use and air inlets attached to the
departmental land rover for true mobile monitoring of CO2
and CH4.
HP 5890 GC-FID – continuous measurement (at 30
minute intervals) of CH4 mixing ratios since October 1995.
Trace Analytical Reduction Gas Detector –
continuous measurement (at 30 minute intervals) of CO and
H2 mixing ratios since September 1996.
Peak Performer I – continuous measurement (at 5
minute intervals) of CO and H2 mixing ratios since July
2007.
LICOR 6252 NDIR analyser – continuous measurement
(at 1 to 5 minute intervals) of CO2 mixing ratios since
August 1999.
Radon meter (supplied by University of Heidelberg)
– continuous measurement of 222Rn since May 2003.
NIWA-designed cryogenic extraction line and PRISM mass
spectrometer – analysis of δ13C of CH4 for air
collected in tanks, since 1995.
Weather station – temperature, barometric pressure,
wind speed, wind direction and humidity measured since
February 1996. Weather station updated in 2007.