SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Picarro Inc., known as the world’s leading provider of instruments for carbon and water cycle measurements, has expanded its product line with a new, high precision analyzer, model G5101-i, for measuring nitrous oxide (N2O) in the air. N2O is a principal component in the global nitrogen cycle, which is of growing interest to scientists due to its interconnection with natural ecosystems, agriculture, and climate. The G5101-i, first launched in beta in December 2009, is an ultra-high precision instrument that can reliably measure the concentration of nitrous oxide in the air and distinguish between the two site-specific nitrogen isotopomers, 14N15N16O and 15N14N16O, at a precision better than 0.5 per mil. The ability to precisely measure these isotopomers allows scientists to fingerprint N2O sources and decode critical processes in the nitrogen cycle. The G5101-i completes a line of Picarro’s industry-leading isotopic measurement instruments that enable scientists to easily and accurately measure the four most critical greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), water vapor (H2O) and nitrous oxide (N2O).
