Gas flux system chamber design and positioning method
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1. A gas flux chamber assembly comprising:
- a soil collar;
a chamber; and
a lift-and-rotate mechanism coupled with the chamber and comprising a rotational axis substantially parallel to the soil collar, wherein the lift-and-rotate mechanism is operative to move the chamber between first and second positions, wherein the chamber is positioned on the soil collar in the first position and is positioned outside of an area above the soil collar in the second position, wherein the lift-and-rotate mechanism moves the chamber from the first position to the second position by lifting the chamber off of the soil collar and then rotating the chamber, about the rotational axis, outside of the area above the soil collar.
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Abstract
A gas flux chamber assembly with a soil collar and a chamber is provided. The chamber is moved between first and second positions, wherein the chamber is positioned on the soil collar in the first position and is positioned outside of an area above the soil collar in the second position. In operation, the chamber is first lifted off of the soil collar and is then rotated, about a rotational axis substantially parallel to the soil collar axis, outside of the area above the soil collar. These acts are reversed to move the chamber from the second position to the first position.
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1. A gas flux chamber assembly comprising:
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a soil collar; a chamber; and a lift-and-rotate mechanism coupled with the chamber and comprising a rotational axis substantially parallel to the soil collar, wherein the lift-and-rotate mechanism is operative to move the chamber between first and second positions, wherein the chamber is positioned on the soil collar in the first position and is positioned outside of an area above the soil collar in the second position, wherein the lift-and-rotate mechanism moves the chamber from the first position to the second position by lifting the chamber off of the soil collar and then rotating the chamber, about the rotational axis, outside of the area above the soil collar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A gas flux chamber assembly comprising:
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a soil collar; a chamber; and means for moving the chamber from a first position where the chamber is positioned on the soil collar to a second position where the chamber is positioned outside of an area above the soil collar by lifting the chamber off of the soil collar and then rotating the chamber about a rotational axis substantially parallel to the soil collar outside of the area above the soil collar. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for use with a gas flux chamber assembly comprising a soil collar and a chamber, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a gas flux chamber assembly comprising a soil collar and a chamber with the chamber positioned on the soil collar; (b) lifting the chamber off of the soil collar; and (c) rotating the chamber, about a rotational axis substantially parallel to the soil collar, outside of an area above the soil collar. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41)
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39. The invention of 29, wherein the lift-and-rotate mechanism comprises a chain drive.
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