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RUBY CRYSTAL CHLOROPHYLL FLUOROMETER FOR MEASUREMENTS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATES

Award Information

Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 6811	Program Year/Program: 1988 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 6811	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Aerodyne Research, Inc.
45 MANNING RD BILLERICA, MA -
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1988

Title: RUBY CRYSTAL CHLOROPHYLL FLUOROMETER FOR MEASUREMENTS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATES

Agency: NASA

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $49,981.00

Abstract:
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DESIGN, CONSTRUCT AND TEST A LABORATORY VERSION OF A PASSIVE CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE SENSOR SUITABLE FOR MONITORING LARGE AREAS OF VEGETATION (> 1 M2). THE LINE DISCRIMINATOR METHOD WE PROPOSE EXPLOITS A COINCIDENCE BETWEEN AN ABSORPTION LINE OFATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN AND THE R1 LINE OF A COOLED RUBY CRYSTAL,BOTH OF WHICH LIE NEAR THE PEAK OF THE CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE BAND. THE INSTRUMENT'S PERFORMANCE REGARDING SENSITIVITY AND FREEDOM FROM INTERFERENCE WILL BE EVALUATED QUANTITATIVELY. IT'S SUITABILITY FOR MAKING MEASUREMENTS OFPHOTOSYNTHESIS RATES WILL BE DETERMINED IN SMALL-SCALE (SINGLE LEAF) COMPARISON EXPERIMENTS FOR WHICH PROVEN FLUOROMETRIC INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCEDURES EXIST. THE RESULTS OF THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL RESOLVE CRITICAL DESIGN QUESTIONS AND PERMIT DEVELOPMENT OF A FIELD-READY PROTOTYPE FLUOROMETER IN PHASE II.

Principal Investigator:
Dr paul kebabian

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Aerodyne Research Inc
45 Manning Rd Billerica, MA 01821

EIN/Tax ID:

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No