Barringer made numerous technical contributions to the mining industry, including a laser-induced fluorescence-based system used primarily in oil and gas exploration (FLUOROSCAN), correlation spectrometer used to measure atmospheric dispersions of various gases (COSPEC), an infrared remote sensor for atmospheric gases which has been used by NASA to measure the worldwide atmospheric distribution of carbon dioxide (GASPEC), two airborne conductivity mapping systems using very low frequency fields (E-phase and radiophase) and several particulate analyzers (COTRAN, SURTRACE, LASERTRACE and AIRTRACE).
Barringer developed numerous technical advancements in the mining sector, including a laser-induced fluorescence-based system primarily used in oil and gas exploration (FLUOROSCAN), a correlation spectrometer to measure atmospheric dispersals of various gases (COSPEC), an infrared remote sensor for atmospheric gases utilized by NASA to determine global carbon dioxide distribution (GASPEC), airborne conductivity mapping systems employing very low frequency fields (E-phase and radiophase) and several particulate analyzers (COTRAN, SURTRACE, LASERTRACE, and AIRTRACE).