MBARI's coastal profiling float: progress, science opportunities and tech transfer

Описание: May 16, 2024 - PMEL Seminar Series
Speaker: Gene Massion, MBARI
Title: MBARI's coastal profiling float: progress, science opportunities and tech transfer

Abstract: MBARI has developed a profiling float targeting research questions in the coastal zones and upper 350 meters of the world’s oceans, the coastal profiling float (CPF). The core CPF includes sensors for CTD, Oxygen, pH, Nitrate, fluorescence, backscatter and a 4 channel optical radiometer. We can support additional sensors and have done science missions with turbulence microstructure sensors, sediment traps, acoustic modems and others. Enhancements for coastal operations include a 3.5 liter buoyancy engine, accurate closed loop control of platform velocity and depth and the ability to anchor (and de-anchor) on the ocean bottom. This talk will describe the current state of the CPF and the science products we’re generating. We are wrapping up the current phase of development at MBARI and are actively looking for opportunities to make the CPF technology available to the greater community. This includes collaborations with other research groups, open source possibilities and commercial partners. We’re particularly interested in applications for the CPF outside of our primary research interests including fishery management, marine CO2 removal MRV, oxygen dead zone monitoring, wind energy environmental impact monitoring, acoustic monitoring, etc.