New Award for Sensors to Map Ocean Carbon Chemistry

UW CICOES has been awarded a 3-year grant by IOOS Ocean Technology Transition to test and transfer a carbon dioxide (CO₂) sensor. The Autonomous Surface Vehicle CO₂ (ASVCO₂) sensor, developed at NOAA PMEL, is based on the current community standard (MAPCO₂) system used on buoys for measuring air and surface ocean partial pressure of CO₂. ASVCO₂ pilot field missions will be conducted with IOOS partners, NANOOS and PacIOOS, and the technology will be transferred to commercial partners to incorporate onto autonomous surface vehicles. This transfer will provide technology to map surface ocean carbon chemistry throughout coastal and coral reef ecosystems without a reliance on ships and help to better constrain the ocean CO₂ sink. Photo Credit: Randy Bott, NOAA PMEL

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