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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2482
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2482
14 Nov 2023
 | 14 Nov 2023

Ultra-low-cost manual soil respiration chamber

Bartosz Zawilski and Vincent Bustillo

Abstract. Soil respiration measurement is important to assess natural carbon dioxide production. The closed chamber technique allows relatively easy soil respiration monitoring. A planned spatially large-scale campaign incites us to implement our ultra-low-cost portative chamber The chamber itself is entirely built from commercial parts with little, easy-to-make, quick machining work. The resulting setup is an easy-to-operate standalone, robust device. Used sensors are cost-effective yet accurate digital sensors that were successfully checked against some reference sensors. All these characteristics made the described chamber accessible to build and use for a wide scientific and educational community. The wide interest aroused by this construction among our colleagues pushes us to share our achievements. In this short note, we describe this simple device along with used sensors and apparent respiration quotient tip.

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Journal article(s) based on this preprint

04 Mar 2024
Ultra-low-cost manual soil respiration chamber
Bartosz M. Zawilski and Vincent Bustillo
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 13, 51–62, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-51-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-51-2024, 2024
Short summary
Bartosz Zawilski and Vincent Bustillo

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2482', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Dec 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2482', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jan 2024
  • AC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2482', Bartosz Zawilski, 17 Jan 2024

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2482', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Dec 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2482', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jan 2024
  • AC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2482', Bartosz Zawilski, 17 Jan 2024

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Bartosz Zawilski on behalf of the Authors (23 Jan 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (24 Jan 2024) by Lev Eppelbaum
AR by Bartosz Zawilski on behalf of the Authors (26 Jan 2024)

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

04 Mar 2024
Ultra-low-cost manual soil respiration chamber
Bartosz M. Zawilski and Vincent Bustillo
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 13, 51–62, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-51-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-51-2024, 2024
Short summary
Bartosz Zawilski and Vincent Bustillo
Bartosz Zawilski and Vincent Bustillo

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Short summary
Manual chambers for soil respiration monitoring can be cost-effective yet rather accurate. The described chamber is relatively low-cost and entirely built from commercial parts, which makes it very accessible for almost everybody. Our chamber is robust, simple to operate, and very suitable for a large-scale punctual campaign as well as for educational purposes. Oxygen sensors bring some more insights into our soil respiration understanding.