Overview

The contaminant assessment and management (or “Contam”) research area focuses on developing and implementing ENS technology to support this new observational strategy in the context of mass and energy distributions and fluxes across a range of temporal and synoptic scales.  While this focus is similar to that for other applications domains (e.g., habitat monitoring), contam is unique in that it is often concerned with enabling adaptive management of environmental problems through engineered responses triggered by ENS observations.  The specific area of interest for Contam includes soil, groundwater, and riparian systems.  The research thrusts within Contam interrelated and synergistic both within Contam and through liaisons with other CENS applications and technology areas, and include (1) Contaminant Source Assessment, (2) Soil Pylon Sensor Array Design and Validation, (3) Multiscale Soil Sensor Network Deployment, and (4) Multiscale ENS in Terrestrial-Aquatic Systems Design and Implementation.