SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development of a Compact Aerosol Instrumentation Suite for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Award amount
$95,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- BRECHTEL MANUFACTURING, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- KQJLB18MFUU3
- Solicitation number
- NOAA-2006-1
- Topic code
- 8.2.13
Research abstract
To assess the climate impacts of atmospheric aerosols, global datasets of aerosol properties including the number size distribution, chemical composition, and absorption coefficient are needed yet generally unavailable. Knowledge of the vertical distributions of these key properties is also required to properly model column extinction. We propose to develop a new aerosol measurement system, the Aerosol Counting Composition Absorption and Sizing System (ACCASS), capable of simultaneous observations of ambient total number concentrations, aerodynamic number size distributions, and chemical composition over the 0.1 to 10 micron diameter range. A model of instrument response will be created to guide the design of a new mixing particle counter, virtual impactor, and light absorption system. Prototypes of key ACCASS sub-systems will be bench-tested to assess their technical feasibility.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Aerosol Size Distribution Measurements for Marine Platforms
- Low-Cost Aerosol Size Distribution and Light Absorption Instruments for Urban Monitoring Applications
- Low-Cost Aerosol Size Distribution, Light Absorption, and Chemical Composition Instruments for Urban Monitoring Applications
- Compact Aerosol Hygroscopic Growth Spectrometer for UAVs and Long-Term Monitoring Applications
- Compact Aerosol Light Absorption Device for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Long-Term Monitoring Applications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- The S0 UAS, an Air Deployed Solution for Boundary Layer Observations in Turbulent Environments
- A Tube-Deployed Expendable UAV for Atmospheric Sensing
- The S0 UAS, and Air Deployed Solution for Boundary Layer Observations in Turbulent Environment
- A Tube-Deployed Expendable UAV for AtmosphericSensing
- Aerosol Instrumentation Package for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Research funding history
17 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2025). Reported award amounts total $6,777,970. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Commerce