Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860491
