SBIR/STTR Research Award
ULTRAVIOLET MEASURING INSTRUMENTATION WITH THERMAL STABILIZATION
Award amount
$48,200Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- YANKEE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- U54KJSNGEQN1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
HIGH LEVELS OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ARE KNOWN TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BIOLOGICALLY HARMFUL EFFECTS IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS. CONCERN ABOUT INTENSITY OF THE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION AT THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH HAS GREATLY INCREASED SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF THE "OZONE HOLE" OVER ANTARCTICA IN 1985. THE TASK OF LONG TERM MONITORING OF UV LEVELS IS CURRENTLY MADE DIFFICULT BY INSTRUMENTATION NOT ADEQUATE TO THE TASK. THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THERMAL STABILITY AND LONG TERM STABILITY OF THE PRESENT UV MONITORING DEVICES. THE AIM OF OUR PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO INVESTIGATE THE METHODS OF IMPROVING THE THERMAL AND LONG TERM STABILITY OF THE UV MONITORING, ROBERTSON-BERGER TYPE INSTRUMENTS.
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.
- Smokesonde: Low cost in-situ sampling of smoke and convective storm intensity supporting fire weather and incident meteorology
- Guidesonde: Targeting Meteorological Dropsonde with Optical and In-Situ Sensors
- Atmospheric Characterization for Directed Energy Applications
- STTR Phase I: Enhancing Access to the Radio Spectrum for Learning, NSF11-561
- Glidersonde, a Meteorological Optical Profiling Sensor
Research funding history
59 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2023). Reported award amounts total $12,837,256. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration