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The Oceanic CO2 Monitor

Award Information
Agency: Department of Commerce
Branch: N/A
Contract: DG133R-05-CN-1177
Agency Tracking Number: NOAA 05-125
Amount: $75,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: 8.2.2
Solicitation Number: NOAA-2005-1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2005
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1930 Central Avenue Suite A
Boulder, CO 80301
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 James Smith
 President
 (303) 443-3389
 jim@aosinc.net
Business Contact
 James Smith
Title: President
Phone: (303) 443-3389
Email: jim@aosinc.net
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Robust instrumentation is needed to map the distribution of Delta p(CO2) for the ocean¿s surface. Accuracies must be 2 ppm for water and 0.2ppm for the atmosphere. We are proposing to customize an AOS NonDispersive InfraRed analyzer to measure Delta p(CO2) autonomously from ships. Calibration will be referred to the WMO scale of dry mole fraction, and possible artifacts will be tracked by observational protocols. For Phase I, AOS will build and test the prototype analyzer with a commercial equilibrator in the laboratory. A full plan will be proposed for Phase II to include: (i) development of the full Delta p(CO2) system into a portable, compact product that is easy to install and maintain, (ii) observational protocols that merge diagnostics with the data stream to allow evaluation/reevaluation of the observations, and (iii) multiple deployments on ships to make certain that measurements of Delta p(CO2) are being measured properly with objective errors.

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