Monitoring gaseous emission from terrain through tomographic techniques in the infrared spectral region

Author

Cuccoli, F. ; Vaselli, O. ; Minissale, A. ; Giuli, D. ; Tanelli, S. ; Facheris, L.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettronica, Univ. di Firenze, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

278

Abstract

The authors propose a study about a system for measuring the flux of gaseous species of interest emitted by the terrain by means of a tomographic method operating in the infrared spectral region. The main components of this system are: a ground network of transmitters-retroreflectors-receivers for IR attenuation measurements, a data-processing both to retrieve the 2D-distribution of the molecular species and to estimate the emission flux by the terrain. CO₂ emission in the Rapolano Terme area (Italy) has been taken as case study

Keywords

atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; geochemistry; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; CO₂; IR attenuation; IR tomography; Italy; Rapolano Terme area; atmosphere; chemical composition; emission flux; gaseous emission; gaseous species; geochemistry; geology; geophysical measurement technique; groundwater; hydrology; infrared spectra; receiver; retroreflector; soil gas; terrain; thermal spring; transmitter; Argon; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Attenuation measurement; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Helium; Infrared spectra; Infrared surveillance; Monitoring; Tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860491

Filename

860491