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Induced Fluorescence NO Detector and Method

September 28, 2022Atmospheric ChemistrySpectroscopy

US Patent 11,415,859 – Exclusive and Non-Exclusive Patent Licenses Available Background Nitric oxide (NO) is important to radical chemistry in Earth’s atmosphere. In the troposphere the catalytic reaction of NO with the hydroperoxy and organic peroxy radicals NO+RO2/HO2 →NO2 +RO/HO is frequently the rate-limiting step for the production of tropospheric…

Clean Harvest Cable Grid

March 1, 2022BycatchFisheriesMarine MammalsTEDTrawlTurtle Excluder

The NOAA patented Clean Harvest Cable Grid (US Patent 10,966,415 B2) allows marine mammals, including sea turtles and other large marine animals, to escape from large fish trawls with minimal impact to normal fishing operations or target catch retention. The Type I (TI) shown above was designed to work in…

S-Curve Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer

February 14, 2022Atmospheric ChemistryCavity RingdownTime of Flight

US Patents 9,761,431 and 10,438,788 – Exclusive and Non-Exclusive Patent Licenses Available Time-of‐flight mass spectrometers are commonly used in analytical chemistry and many other applications. They contain a region where ions travel toward a detector. NOAA scientists have developed a new geometry that has improved performance over existing designs. The…

Four Channel Cavity Ringdown NOy Detector

February 4, 2022Atmospheric ChemistryInstrumentNOy

The instrument has lower power, size, weight, and vacuum requirements than a chemiluminescence-based instrument while approaching its sensitivity, precision and time response. In the NOy CRDS instrument of the present invention, NOy and its components are converted into NO2 by thermal decomposition (TD) in a fused silica inlet (henceforth referred…

A UAV-based active AirCore system for measurements of greenhouse gases

January 10, 2022Atmospheric ChemistryInstrument Package

A UAV-based active AirCore system for measurements of greenhouse gases We developed and field-tested an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based active AirCore for atmospheric mole fraction measurements of CO2, CH4, and CO. The system applies an alternative way of using the AirCore technique invented by NOAA. As opposed to the conventional…

NOAA Awarded U.S. Patent for Innovative Lionfish Trap

April 26, 2021Invasive SpeciesLionfishmarine sanctuariesOcean ServicePurse Trap

Device could help protect threatened ecosystems and aid fishing communities The Challenge Over the last 20 years, invasive lionfish populations have dramatically increased throughout the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. Lionfish have already caused a decline in native species that have significant ecological, cultural, and commercial…

NOAA scientist’s patented design expands the limits of atmospheric research

March 22, 2023

The new instrument is smaller, lighter and much more sensitive to low concentrations of nitrogen oxides. NOAA scientist Andrew Rollins was awarded a U.S. Patent for his innovative design in August 2022.

Eruption highlights how NOAA technological innovation powers public safety, economic development, and scientific discovery

July 7, 2022

When a volcano in the South Pacific Ocean erupted in January 2022, NOAA researchers were well-equipped to study the multi-hazard event by sky and by sea. Key technologies and strategic partnerships made it possible for NOAA to issue warnings that saved lives around the world, while also collecting scientific data that will improve forecasting models and disaster response for future events.

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