TY - GEN
T1 - MEMS harsh environment sensor array-enabled hot spring mapping
AU - Oiler, Jonathon
AU - Shock, Everett
AU - Hartnett, Hilairy
AU - Yu, Hongyu
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We report the design and application of MEMS temperature and electrical conductivity sensor arrays for studying the harsh environments of hot springs. Centimeter-scale measurements were necessary to measure geochemical gradients across photosynthetic bacteria transition zones. Platinum, Parylene-C, and fused silica were critical materials used in fabrication. More than 700 temperature and 90 conductivity measurements were taken in the mixing zone where two geochemically different hot spring channels converged and the data show that the temperature gradients play an important role in determining where photosynthetic organisms appear. Additionally, a novel technique was developed for studying conservative parameters at centimeter spatial scales.
AB - We report the design and application of MEMS temperature and electrical conductivity sensor arrays for studying the harsh environments of hot springs. Centimeter-scale measurements were necessary to measure geochemical gradients across photosynthetic bacteria transition zones. Platinum, Parylene-C, and fused silica were critical materials used in fabrication. More than 700 temperature and 90 conductivity measurements were taken in the mixing zone where two geochemically different hot spring channels converged and the data show that the temperature gradients play an important role in determining where photosynthetic organisms appear. Additionally, a novel technique was developed for studying conservative parameters at centimeter spatial scales.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688332
DO - 10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688332
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893903445
SN - 9781467346405
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
BT - IEEE SENSORS 2013 - Proceedings
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 12th IEEE SENSORS 2013 Conference
Y2 - 4 November 2013 through 6 November 2013
ER -