Performance of induction module cavity ring-down spectroscopy (IM-CRDS) for measuring δ18 O and δ2 H values of soil, stem, and leaf waters.

There are many types of matrix-bound water samples for which IM-CRDS measurements include significant errors from spectral interference. As a result, spectral analysis and validation should be incorporated into IM-CRDS post-processing procedures. In the future, IM-CRDS performance could be improved through: (i) identification of the compounds that cause spectral interference, and either (ii) modification of the combustion step to completely oxidize these compounds to CO2 , and/or (iii) incorporation of corrections for these compounds into the spectral fitting models used by the CRDS analyzers. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.