Emissivity considerations in building thermography

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 663-667

  Avdelidis, N P ^a   Moropoulou, A ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buildings; Emittance; Infrared thermography; Surface condition; Temperature; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CAMERAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INFRARED RADIATION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

INFRARED CAMERAS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0037503257     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00210-4     Document Type: Article

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