Patent ID: 8595020

Claim:
A system of systems for generating tradable products that separately quantify biogenic and fossil carbon flux in at least one forest comprising: (a) a carbon data collection system for collecting carbon data in the at least one forest comprising an array of analyzers placed in predetermined representative locations throughout the at least one forest, wherein each analyzer comprises a 12 C laser device, a 13 C laser device, a 14 C laser device, a sample chamber to measure the individual amounts of 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes contained in one or more forest samples, a modulator to modulate the 14 C laser device, and a timer to allow measurements of 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes at a sampling frequency of at least 1 Hz over a predetermined time period; a standard reference gas module for obtaining a standard reference baseline and calibrating the measured amounts of the 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes from each of said analyzers based on said standard reference baseline; and a telemetry device for sending one or more of the measured amounts of 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes from each of said analyzers, the standard reference baseline, and the calibrated measured amounts of the 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes to a data processing system; (b) a global reference system including a 12 C laser device, a 13 C laser device, a 14 C laser device, and a global reference sample cell to measure the individual amounts of 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes contained in a global reference sample; (c) a calibration system for standardizing the measured amount of 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes from the analyzers of said data carbon collection system based on said measured amounts of 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes contained in the global reference sample to obtain standardized amounts of 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes; and (d) a data processing system for converting said one or more of the measured amounts of 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes from each of said analyzers, the standard reference baseline, the standardized amounts of 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes and the calibrated measured amounts of the 12 C, 13 C, and 14 C isotopes to tradable products that separately quantify biogenic and fossil carbon flux in the at least one forest.