Introduction to modern instrumentation : for hydraulics and environmental sciences

A great variety of new instruments based on electronics are used by professionals in environmental research. The technological changes that have occurred in the last few decades have not yet been reflected in academic literature, and this new instrumentation remains somewhat unknown to its possible...

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Main Authors Guaraglia, Dardo Oscar (Author), Pousa, Jorge Lorenzo (Author)
Other Authors Pezzoli, Alessandro (Editor), Watts, Robert G. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Warsaw [Poland] ; Berlin [Germany] : De Gruyter Open, 2014.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783110401721
311040172X
9781523100699
1523100699
3110401711
9783110401714
3110427370
9783110427370
Physical Description1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations, tables

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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction to Measuring Techniques
  • 2 Introduction to Transducers and Sensors
  • 3 Review of Concepts
  • 4 Sensors
  • 5 Flow Measurements
  • 6 Water Level and Groundwater Flow Measurements
  • 7 Wind, Rain and Solar Radiation Measurements
  • 8 Ground-Based Remote Sensing Systems
  • 9 Data Transmission and Storage
  • 10 Satellite-Based Remote Sensing
  • 11 General Measurement Tips
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables.