Integration of an Emerging Highly Sensitive Optical CO2 Sensor for Ocean Monitoring on an Existing Data Acquisition System SeaKeeper 1000 (trademark)

Long-term goals are to: Develop a high-performance pCO2 sensor that is affordable enough to be deployed in geat numbers to autonomously monitor the overall patterns of CO2 emissions and ocean acidification. Thew objectives are: Meet the challenging requirements for ocean pCO2 monitoring using an inn...

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Main Author: Rao, Govind
Other Authors: MARYLAND UNIV BALTIMORE COUNTY BALTIMORE MD
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*MONITORING
*DETECTORS
*OCEANS
DETECTION
FLUORESCENCE
LOW COSTS
PROTOTYPES
RELIABILITY
DRIFT
PLATFORMS
OPERATION
DATA ACQUISITION
SELF OPERATION
CALIBRATION
STATISTICAL PROCESSES
OPEN WATER
DEPLOYMENT
HIGH SENSITIVITY
ELECTRONICS
OPTICS
SEAKEEPER 1000(TRADEMARK)
Ocean acidification
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA540212
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA540212
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Summary:Long-term goals are to: Develop a high-performance pCO2 sensor that is affordable enough to be deployed in geat numbers to autonomously monitor the overall patterns of CO2 emissions and ocean acidification. Thew objectives are: Meet the challenging requirements for ocean pCO2 monitoring using an innovative sensor design based on high sensitivity fluorescence detection; Assemble the system with low-cost optics and electronics in order to make it affordable enough (target cost <$1,000) to be deployed in greater numbers; Make the entire system drift and calibration free by perfecting a patch renewal process using an innovative microfluidics-based approach; Integrate the system into an existing platform system, the Seakeeper 1000(trademark), to leverage already proven deployment systems readily amenable to autonomous operation; Test the reliability and robustness of the prototype system in the lab and open waters with our partners NOAA and Seakeepers International; and Commercialize sensors with our industrial partner Fluorometrix Corporation.

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