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OSTI Database Project
Description (updated Aug. 2005) |
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PROJECT TITLE: |
Applications
of Non-Invasive Soil Carbon Measurement |
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PROJECT ID: |
P/BNL--EE-589-EEBA |
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RESEARCH ORG. CODE: |
BNL |
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CONTRACT NUMBER: |
AC02-98CH10886 |
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FUNDING MECHANISM: |
M&O |
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SUBCONTRACT NAME: |
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SUBCONTRACT NUMBER: |
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POINT OF CONTACT NAME: |
Hendrey, George R. |
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POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL: |
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POINT OF CONTACT PHONE: |
631-344-3262 |
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: |
This project will quantify carbon content of soils using
Inelastic Neutron Scattering (INS), a technique developed for the Department
of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Research (BER) by Brookhaven National Laboratory
(BNL) and verified in double blind studies with external laboratories. INS is
a non-invasive, non-destructive, robust, and practical method for monitoring
and verifying temporal changes in soil carbon in situ. The objectives of this
project are: 1) to implement the INS method to monitor and model the temporal
variations of carbon stores in the soil at the Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE)
facilities and other sites, and 2) to provide an independent verification of
the AmeriFlux estimates of soil carbon content.
Registration plots will be counted to the desired precision by extending the
counting time, revisited over time to provide sequential measurements. The
sampled soil volume is about 0.06 cubic meters. |
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PROGRESS TO DATE: |
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PROJECT STATUS: |
C |
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RESEARCH TYPE: |
B |
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FUTURE PLANS: |
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NON-FEDERAL PERCENT: |
0 |
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INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION: |
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START DATE: |
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COMPLETION DATE: |
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MD FILE SEQ: |
9671 |
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PERFORMING LOCATION: |
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PERFORMING LOCATION CITY: |
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PERFORMING LOCATION ZIP: |
11973 |
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OLD PROJECT I.D.: |
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FISCAL YEAR: |
2004 |
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PROJECT APPROVED: |
Y |
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LAST UPDATE: |
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