TY - GEN
T1 - Design of a multisensory probe for measuring carbon cycle processes in aqueous subterranean environments
AU - Daniels, Ryan J.
AU - Acosta, Marisol
AU - McIntyre, Tim
AU - Kisner, Roger
AU - Woodworth, Ken
AU - Lenarduzzi, Roberto
AU - Frank, Shane
AU - McKnight, Tim
AU - Fugate, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/6/24
Y1 - 2015/6/24
N2 - The global carbon cycle describes the exchange of carbon between the atmosphere, terrestrial vegetation, oceans, and soil. Mechanisms involving carbon in sub-terrestrial ecosystems and their impact on climate are not well understood. This lack of understanding limits current climate models and prevents accurate soil-carbon storage predications for future climate conditions. To address the lack of instrumentation for conducting high fidelity measurements of appropriate parameters in the field, a multi-sensory probe using a mix of optical, fiber optic, and electronic technologies to measure CO2, temperature, dissolved oxygen, redox potential, and water level in subsurface environments has been developed. Details of the design, fabrication and laboratory performance verification are presented. Use cases and the anticipated impacts of such measurements on climate models are discussed.
AB - The global carbon cycle describes the exchange of carbon between the atmosphere, terrestrial vegetation, oceans, and soil. Mechanisms involving carbon in sub-terrestrial ecosystems and their impact on climate are not well understood. This lack of understanding limits current climate models and prevents accurate soil-carbon storage predications for future climate conditions. To address the lack of instrumentation for conducting high fidelity measurements of appropriate parameters in the field, a multi-sensory probe using a mix of optical, fiber optic, and electronic technologies to measure CO2, temperature, dissolved oxygen, redox potential, and water level in subsurface environments has been developed. Details of the design, fabrication and laboratory performance verification are presented. Use cases and the anticipated impacts of such measurements on climate models are discussed.
KW - carbon cycle
KW - climate change
KW - soil carbon storage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84938125355&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SECON.2015.7132876
DO - 10.1109/SECON.2015.7132876
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84938125355
T3 - Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON
BT - IEEE SoutheastCon 2015 - Conference Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE SoutheastCon 2015
Y2 - 9 April 2015 through 12 April 2015
ER -