SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC

Project SummarySouthwest Sciences proposes to develop test and commercialize a low power compactinstrument mounted on a small drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)for the simultaneousreal time detect ...

Nitrous oxide is the third most important greenhouse trace gas after carbon dioxide and methane and is a dominant ozone depleting substance. Its emissions to the atmosphere are extremely heterogeneous ...

Atmospheric researchers seek improved hygrometry and thermometry measurements in order to improve atmospheric data sets. In particular, better spatial resolution from airborne instruments has been tar ...

There is a lack of data, and the field instrumentation required to obtain it, concerning the emissions and absorptions (fluxes) of important greenhouse gases (GHG) in ecosystems such as lake and river ...

Southwest Sciences proposes to develop a real time, compact laser-based ethylene gas analyzer with a detection sensitivity of 25 parts-per-billion by volume or better.nbsp; Ethylene monitoring and con ...

Low concentrations of contaminants in hydrogen fuel can foul or damage fuel cells in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Currently there is infrequent monitoring of hydrogen quality at filling stations. Ther ...

The boundary layer plays a critical role in aerodynamics, acting as a barrier to the transfer of momentum from the air to the flight vehicle. In-flight measurements of velocity fields in the boundary ...

A diode laser instrument for simultaneously measuring methane, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, and water vapor onboard an unmanned aerial vehicle will be developed in this project. Wavelength modulati ...

Improved magnetic anomaly detection can counter threats from quieter submarines and mines. This Phase I STTR project will address this goal using improved atomic magnetometry methods based on pumping ...

Superconducting magnets are used to manipulate particles in high energy physics. The windings of superconducting magnets must be monitored to ensure that temperature does not rise above the supercondu ...