Development, Assessment, and Commercialization of a Biogeochemical Profiling Float for Calibration and Validation of Ocean Color and Ocean Carbon Studies, Year 2
Abstract
This document reports the progress on this project between 1 August, 2010 and 26 August, 2011. At completion of this project we will have integrated existing high precision bio-optical sensors (both active and passive) onto profiling floats, deployed and tested the floats in interesting dynamic ocean regimes, and demonstrated the efficacy of this stable, autonomous and sustainable technology for a.) the calibration and product validation of orbiting ocean color radiometers and b.) investigation of the dynamics of carbon in the upper ocean on time and space scales appropriate for the evaluation of the role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle. The work is a collaborative project between seven partners. University of Maine has coordinated the work, provided guidance and standards for the mission s science goals, and deployed and tested the instruments. WET Labs and Satlantic have modified and produced instruments, housings, and control software. Teledyne Webb Research has integrated their float software and hardware with the new instruments and flexible mission parameters needed for this project. CLS America has developed protocols for handling both the new data and the two-way communication it requires. NASA-Goddard and CLS America are developing tools that integrate real-time float data with NASA s satellite products around the location and time of the float s surfacing. Laboratoire d Oceanographie, Villefranche-sur-mer (unfunded collaborator) has provided a ship of opportunity and support for deployment and evaluation of the float and is sharing expertise on calibration and validation activities and on the use of profiling floats with optical sensors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 26, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA635014
Entities
People
- Bill Woodward
- Dan Webb
- David Antoine
- Emmanuel S. Boss
- Herve Claustre
- James Acker
- Marlon Lewis
- Ron Zaneveld
Organizations
- University of Maine