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Seawater Sampling and Collection
Published on: June 17, 2009
Autonomous Water Sampler for Oil Spill Response
Daniel Gomez-Ibanez1, Amy L Kukulya1, Abhimanyu Belani1
1Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
Abstract:
A newly developed water sampling system enables autonomous detection and sampling of underwater oil plumes. The Midwater Oil Sampler collects multiple 1-L samples of seawater when preset criteria are met. The sampler has a hydrocarbon-free sample path and can be configured with several modules of six glass sample bottles. In August 2019, the sampler was deployed on an autonomous underwater vehicle and captured targeted water samples in natural oil seeps offshore Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
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