CARIOCA-drifting buoys to monitor global warming

Author

Walton, J.R.

Author_Institution

Chelsea Instruments Ltd., East Molesey, UK

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

13-16 Sep 1994

Abstract

CARIOCA is a collaborative EUROMAR project established to generate an autonomous, buoy-borne sensor package capable of measuring the partial pressure of carbon dioxide at the air-sea interface unattended over a period of 12 months. This measurement, carried out throughout the world´s oceans, will allow the extent of exchange of carbon dioxide, between the atmosphere and the sea surface to be quantified and thus the contribution of carbon dioxide emissions to global warming can be accurately modelled. In order to fulfill the technical objectives of CARIOCA, specialised high performance, low power sensors have been developed

Keywords

atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; carbon compounds; geochemistry; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; CARIOCA; CO₂; air-sea interface; atmosphere; autonomous buoy-borne sensor package; drifting buoys; exchange; global warming; partial pressure; sea surface; Atmospheric measurements; Carbon dioxide; Collaboration; Gas detectors; Global warming; Monitoring; Oceans; Packaging; Pressure measurement; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '94. 'Oceans Engineering for Today's Technology and Tomorrow's Preservation.' Proceedings

Conference_Location

Brest

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2056-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1994.364065

Filename

364065