A miniature fluorometer for oceanographic applications

A fluorometer intended for ocean measurements of dye patches achieves small size, law power consumption, and high sensitivity. Its performance is repo rted using fluorescein sodium as the fluorescent agent, although the princi ple is applicable to any dye that fluoresces at a wavelength sufficiently d ifferent from the excitation wavelength. An implementation in the Naval Res earch Laboratory's advanced microstructure profiler is described in detail, and results from static calibration and dynamic response tests are given.