Introduction to modern instrumentation : : for hydraulics and environmental sciences / / Dardo Oscar Guaraglia, Jorge Lorenzo Pousa; managing editor, Alessandro Pezzoli; language editor, Robert G. Watts.
Natural hazards and anthropic activities threaten the human environment. The gathering of field data is needed so as to quantify the impact of such activities. To gather the necessary data researchers nowadays use a great variety of new instruments based on electronics. Yet, the working principles o...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Warsaw, [Poland] ;, Berlin, [Germany] : : De Gruyter Open,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (456 pages) :; illustrations, tables |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Table of Contents:
- Front matter
- 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