THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO DEVELOP SEAFLOOR SELF-SUSTAINING CO2 ASSESSMENT PROBE EDGE (SEASCAPE) - A FIXED-POINT, SELF-POWERED, ACOUSTICALLY-TETHERED SENSOR NETWORK DEPLOYED AT THE OCEAN FLOOR AND CAPABLE OF MEASURING (1) ACCUMULATED DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC) IN THE DEPOSITED OCEAN SEDIMENTS AT MULTIPLE DEPTHS, (2) DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC) CONCENTRATIONS AND PH IN OCEAN WATER AND (3) MARINE SNOW DEPOSITION RATE, THUS PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE CARBON STORAGE AND RELEASE DATA IN DEEP OCEAN.
$2,004,554FY2025Department of EnergyDOE
University Of Utah, Salt Lake City UT