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Compact Instrument for Measurement of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX11CA97C
Agency Tracking Number: 094318
Amount: $600,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: S1.08
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2011
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2011-06-01
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2013-08-30
Small Business Information
1570 Pacheco St. Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87505-3993
United States
DUNS: 153579891
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Alan Stanton
 Principal Investigator
 (505) 505-1322
 astanton@swsciences.com
Business Contact
 Alan Stanton
Title: Business Official
Phone: (505) 505-1322
Email: astanton@swsciences.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

Southwest Sciences proposes to continue the development of a rugged, compact, and automated instrument for the high sensitivity measurement of tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO) and methane. The application of recently developed room temperature vertical cavity diode lasers (VCSELs)operating near 2300 nm permits the development of sensitive and rugged instrumentation for measurement of both atmospheric CO and methane with high precision. Phase 1 efforts successfully addressed the feasibility of measuring CO to a precision of 10 parts-per-billion or better over a range of tropospheric temperatures, pressures, and humidity. Phase 2 will extend the technology to simultaneous measurement of both carbon monoxide and methane. The principal objective is the development of prototype instrumentation for field testing.

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