LI-COR LI7200RS, Instruction Manual

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A bit of history...
The LI-7200/RS model is the followup to the LI-7200, which is the enclosed ana-
lyzer that used technology from the original LI-7500. The LI-7200 began life
with the intention of being a component of homemade eddy covariance sys-
tems, but the built-in datalogging and networking capabilities enabled the
instrument to grow into the core component of a stand-alone, full-featured eddy
covariance system.
The RS models present improvements to the optical hardware, and these
improvements will directly affect the quality of data collected and the cleaning
frequency of optical components.
New instruments will provide a noticeable difference in measurements in many
circumstances. Older instruments can be upgraded to the new hardware. If you
don't want to purchase the upgrade, you can still update your instrument soft-
ware to the most current version—so you are not left behind by the new model
number.
Even if you do not upgrade your instrument hardware, you can use this manual
to guide your use of an original LI-7200. We invite you to install the new soft-
ware on older instruments. It is available for free from the LI-COR web site. We
also invite your feedback—what do you like? What do you dislike? What do you
want to measure that you can't measure now?
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