Surface Monitoring Field Work Continued at ZERT

Tom and Dylan conducted a two week field study at the Zero Emissions Research and Technology (ZERT) Center in Bozeman, MT to characterize a shallow subsurface CO2 leak. A mobile platform with a Picarro gas analyzer allowed them to survey a large field in a relatively short amount of time.

The objective of this study is to provide valuable insight into detecting similar leaks by studying CO2 concentrations as a function of atmospheric effects, CO2 flux, time, vegetation, etc. So far, the data suggests this will be a sensitive, yet robust, method of detection.