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New approaches to the measurement of chlorophyll, related pigments and productivity in the sea
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Booth, C. R. Keifer, D. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | In the 1984 SBIR Call for Proposals, NASA solicited new methods to measure primary production and chlorophyll in the ocean. Biospherical Instruments Inc. responded to this call with a proposal first to study a variety of approaches to this problem. A second phase of research was then funded to pursue instrumentation to measure the sunlight stimulated naturally occurring fluorescence of chlorophyll in marine phytoplankton. The monitoring of global productivity, global fisheries resources, application of above surface-to-underwater optical communications systems, submarine detection applications, correlation, and calibration of remote sensing systems are but some of the reasons for developing inexpensive sensors to measure chlorophyll and productivity. Normally, productivity measurements are manpower and cost intensive and, with the exception of a very few expensive multiship research experiments, provide no contemporaneous data. We feel that the patented, simple sensors that we have designed will provide a cost effective method for large scale, synoptic, optical measurements in the ocean. This document is the final project report for a NASA sponsored SBIR Phase 2 effort to develop new methods for the measurements of primary production in the ocean. This project has been successfully completed, a U.S. patent was issued covering the methodology and sensors, and the first production run of instrumentation developed under this contract has sold out and been delivered. |
| File Size | 7666910 |
| Page Count | 200 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930004424 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5gb70m6k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cost Effectiveness Oceans Fluorescence Fisheries Phytoplankton Photosynthesis Remote Sensing Chlorophylls Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
