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A system including at least one laser device extending a beam through an in-situ non-restrictive flow path of the gas mixture; and a measurer coupled to each laser device for obtaining a plurality of dynamic measurements over time of at least one species in the gas mixture.

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1. A system, comprising: at least one laser device extending a beam through an in-situ non-restrictive flow path of the gas mixture;a measurer coupled to each laser device for obtaining a plurality of dynamic measurements of at least one species in the gas mixture over time, wherein each dynamic mea

1. A system, comprising: at least one laser device extending a beam through an in-situ non-restrictive flow path of the gas mixture;a measurer coupled to each laser device for obtaining a plurality of dynamic measurements of at least one species in the gas mixture over time, wherein each dynamic measurement includes a concentration and a time of measurement of the concentration; anda gas mixture analysis system, wherein the gas mixture analysis system includes a concentration trend calculator, wherein the concentration trend calculator monitors a rate of change of a concentration of the at least one species in the gas mixture. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one laser device is one of, a tunable diode laser, a vertical cavity surface emitting laser, and an interband cascade laser. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein each dynamic measurement includes a concentration and a time of measurement. 4. The system of claim 1, further comprising: at least one transmission device for transmitting the obtained dynamic measurements to a receiver. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one transmission device is a radio-frequency identification tag. 6. The system of claim 4, further comprising: at least one receiver for receiving the dynamic measurements. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the gas mixture analysis system includes a concentration comparison system. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the gas mixture analysis system includes a concentration trend comparison system. 9. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of laser devices. 10. The system of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of laser devices obtains a simultaneous dynamic measurement of the at least one species in the gas mixture. 11. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of laser devices is calibrated to obtain dynamic measurements of a different species than the at least one species in the gas mixture. 12. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one laser device is a quantum cascade laser. 13. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one laser device is placed within the in-situ non-restrictive flow path of the gas mixture. 14. The system of claim 1, wherein the concentration trend comparison system compares the rate of change of the concentration of the at least one species in the gas mixture with a reference rate of change of the concentration of the at least one species in the gas mixture. 15. A method, comprising: extending a beam with at least one laser device through an in-situ non-restrictive flow path of a gas mixture;measuring a plurality of dynamic measurements of at least one species in the gas mixture over time, wherein each dynamic measurement includes a concentration and a time of measurement of the concentration; andmonitoring a rate of change of a concentration of the at least one species in the gas mixture. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one laser device is one of a tunable diode laser, a vertical cavity surface emitting laser, and an interband cascade laser. 17. The method of claim 15, further comprising transmitting the obtained dynamic measurements to a receiver. 18. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving the dynamic measurements and analyzing the measurements. 19. The method of claim 15, wherein the analyzing includes calculating a trend of concentration of at least one species. 20. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one laser device is a quantum cascade laser.