Sentences with phrase «sample methane in the atmosphere»

Huygens will sample methane in the atmosphere and measure the relative abundance of light hydrogen and heavy hydrogen to produce a chemical fingerprint that will enable scientists to compare Titan's composition with that of comets.

Not exact matches

The rover's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument that analyzes the soil and atmosphere around the rover using a mass spectrometer, a gas chromatograph and a tunable laser spectrometer to detect oxygen and carbon isotopes in carbon dioxide and methane samples to see if they are biochemical in origin.

As Curiosity carries on, researchers plan to analyze soil and sediment samples for organic material and to team up with Mars orbiters to search for methane patterns in the atmosphere.

While most of the built up methane was consumed by the end of the anoxic period, methane concentrations measured in surface water samples in June and September suggest that there was still a significant flux of methane to the atmosphere.

And a new study by US scientists shows that tree trunks in at least one sample of an upland forest actually emit methane into the atmosphere.

In Actuality, air sampling surveys over ESAS yield a calculated annual flux to the atmosphere of 8 Tg C - CH ₄ (Shakhova et al., 2010), a figure 200 x higher than the model estimate (at Year - 1 of this 100 - kyr - scale warming) and equivalent to the methane emissions of the entire world's oceans.