Network for Measuring Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere

A method for calibrating a greenhouse gas measurement device, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a calibration device, a first greenhouse gas amount from a pump coupled to the calibration device;
• passing, via the calibration device, the first greenhouse gas amount to the measurement device;
• determining, by the measurement device, a characteristic of a greenhouse gas present in the first greenhouse gas amount;
• transmitting, by the measurement device, the characteristic to a server computing device;
• and
• calibrating, by the server computing device, the characteristic by applying a correction to the characteristic.

A system for measuring greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, the system comprising:

• a calibration device configured to:
• receive a first sample of atmospheric gas from a first port exposed to the earth's atmosphere;
• receive a second sample of atmospheric gas from a second port exposed to the earth's atmosphere;
• and
• route the first sample and the second sample to a measurement device for greenhouse gas analysis;
• the measurement device configured to:
• determine a characteristic of a greenhouse gas present in at least one of the first sample and the second sample;
• and
• transmit data associated with the determined characteristic of the greenhouse gas to a computing device.

A device for calibrating a greenhouse gas measurement device, the device comprising:

• one or more inlets for receiving samples of atmospheric gas from one or more ports exposed to the earth's atmosphere;
• one or more pumps for regulating a flow of the atmospheric gas received via the inlets;
• one or more calibration tanks;
• a sampling module comprising:
• a valve coupled to the one or more pumps and the one or more calibration tanks,
• a pressure and temperature controller, and
• a dryer;
• the sampling module configured to:
• sample gas from one or more of the pumps and calibration tanks using the valve;
• regulate pressure and temperature of the sampled gas using the pressure and temperature controller;
• remove water vapor from the sampled gas using the dryer;
• and
• convey the gas from the dryer to a measurement device configured to determine a characteristic of a greenhouse gas present in the sampled gas.

A method for measuring greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a server computing device from two or more in situ measurement devices, a value representing the amount of greenhouse gas contained in a sample of atmospheric gas collected at the location of the two or more in situ measurement devices;
• receiving, at the server computing device from two or more weather observation instruments located at or near the location of the two or more in situ measurement devices, atmospheric conditions data;
• comparing, by the server computing device, the greenhouse gas amount values received from the two or more in situ measurement devices to determine similarities and differences between the respective greenhouse gas amount values;
• and
• comparing, by the server computing device, the atmospheric conditions data received from the two or more weather observation instruments to determine similarities and differences between the respective atmospheric conditions data.