Field Testing of Lake Water Chemistry with a Portable and an AUV-based Mass Spectrometer

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1403-1410

  Hemond, Harry F ^a   Mueller, Amy V ^a   Hemond, Michael ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; CELL MEMBRANES; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GRADIENT METHODS; HYDROCARBONS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SUBMERSIBLES; SURFACE WATERS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT; WELL FLOODING;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; DETECTION LIMIT; DISSOLVED GASES; FIELD TESTING; FLAT PLATES; FLOW CELLS; LAKE WATER CHEMISTRY; MASS ANALYZERS; MULTI-SPECIES; NATURAL WATERS; REAL TIME; SPATIAL COVERAGE; UNDERWATER VEHICLES; VOLATILE SUBSTANCES; WATER BODIES; WATER SURFACES;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

HYDROCARBON; LAKE WATER; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; DEVICE; GAS ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETER; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNDERWATER VEHICLE; WATER SAMPLING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER; GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; NITROGEN; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 53149112735     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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