Facilities

Our laboratory is housed in the Coastal Institute on the University of Rhode Island's Bay Campus.  We have capability to fully characterize in water inherent (absorption and scattering) and apparent (reflectance and diffuse attenuation) optical properties as well as a full suite of complimentary laboratory analysis and phytoplankton imaging with the imaging flow cytobot.

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Optics

Bio-optical Package

Setups for profiling, mooring and flow-through

WETLabs AC-S - simultaneously determines in situ spectral absorption and beam attenuation of water at 4 nm resolution

WETLabs BB-9 - Measures optical backscattering at 9 wavelengths.

WETLabs FL3 - Measures the fluorescence of chlorophyll, phycocyanin, and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM).

Seabird 37-SI - Measures conductivity, temperature and pressure.

WETLabs Data-Hander 4 (DH-4) - Provides for the simultaneous collection, storage and merging of digital data from a number of instruments.

Radiometers

Satlantic HyperPro II - profiling platform and radiometers (Lu, Ed, Es) for measuring hyperspectral apparent optical properties.

Phytoplankton Imaging

Imaging Flow CytoBot

McLane IFCB - images phytoplankton cells between 10 and 150 um every 20 minutes. 

Laboratory

Perkin Elmer Lambda 650 - benchtop hyperspectral spectrophotometer with Integrating Sphere. 

Turner Designs 10-AU - bench top laboratory and field fluorometer