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Using Open-Path Dual-Comb Spectroscopy to Monitor Methane Emissions from Simulated Grazing Cattle

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Data published in the paper "Using Open-Path Dual-Comb Spectroscopy to Monitor Methane Emissions from Simulated Grazing Cattle". A controlled methane release experiment was performed to determine if dual comb spectroscopy (DCS) can detect methane concentration enhancements above the atmospheric background produced by a typical herd of beef cattle in an extensive grazing system. Open-path DCS was used to measure downwind and upwind methane concentrations from ten point-sources of methane simulating cattle. The assets include all data taken during the field campaign, calculated methane flux, and data explicitly plotted in the paper figures.

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description Data published in the paper "Using Open-Path Dual-Comb Spectroscopy to Monitor Methane Emissions from Simulated Grazing Cattle". A controlled methane release experiment was performed to determine if dual comb spectroscopy (DCS) can detect methane concentration enhancements above the atmospheric background produced by a typical herd of beef cattle in an extensive grazing system. Open-path DCS was used to measure downwind and upwind methane concentrations from ten point-sources of methane simulating cattle. The assets include all data taken during the field campaign, calculated methane flux, and data explicitly plotted in the paper figures.
distribution 
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    "title": "Figure6_StepRelease",
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    "description": "15 minute Data showing a step release with flux",
    "downloadURL": "https://data.nist.gov/od/ds/mds2-3139/Figure6_StepRelease.csv"
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  {
    "title": "Figure5_InitialRelease",
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    "description": "Data to show 5 minute initial release",
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  },
  {
    "title": "Data File: Figure1_IGM",
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    "description": "Data used for Figure 1",
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    "title": "Figure7_NoRelease",
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    "description": "Data used for no methane release figure",
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    "title": "Figure8_ToggleRelease",
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    "description": "Data used to show methane flux while moving between two retroreflectors",
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  {
    "title": "README",
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    "description": "Summary of the data used in "Using Open-Path Dual-Comb Spectroscopy to Monitor Methane Emissions from Simulated Grazing Cattle"",
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    "mediaType": "text/csv",
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identifier ark:/88434/mds2-3139
issued 2024-04-19
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  "Agriculture",
  "atmospheric measurements"
]
landingPage https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-3139
language 
[
  "en"
]
license https://www.nist.gov/open/license
modified 2024-01-05 00:00:00
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  "name": "National Institute of Standards and Technology",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
theme 
[
  "Physics:Spectroscopy"
]
title Using Open-Path Dual-Comb Spectroscopy to Monitor Methane Emissions from Simulated Grazing Cattle

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