Development of an Autonomous Ammonium Fluorescence Sensor (AAFS) with a View Towards In-situ Application
Abstract
Our goal is to develop a portable autonomous ammonium sensor. Such a sensor could be deployed for periods of up to a month aboard ships, upon moorings or drifting buoys or used as a component in lowered or towed oceanographic instrument packages for vertical profiling. Our technical objective is to develop a robust, relatively simple, inexpensive, low power compact instrument with a detection limit in the nM range and a sampling frequency of at least 6 samples per hour is our goal. Robustness, simplicity, low cost, lower power and small size are the practical desiderata for commercial application. Commercialization and the economies of scale that can result will permit wider application in the oceanographic community.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA539124
Entities
People
- Peter B. Ortner
Organizations
- University of Miami