Fungus covered insulator materials studied with laser-induced fluorescence and principal component analysis

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1037-1041

  Bengtsson, M ^a   Wallstrom S ^b   Sjoholm M ^a   Gronlund R ^a   Anderson, B ^a,c   Larsson, A ^d   Karlsson, S ^a,b   Kroll S ^a,b   Svanberg, S ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^d SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Fungal growth; Lidar; Polymeric insulators; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGI; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; POLYMERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

FUNGAL GROWTH; INSULATOR MATERIALS; POLYMERIC INSULATORS; RELIABLE COMPONENTS;

INSULATING MATERIALS;

NITROGEN; SILASTIC;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SRI LANKA; SWEDEN; TANZANIA;

ALGAE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; LASERS; NITROGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPORES, FUNGAL; SRI LANKA; SWEDEN; TANZANIA;

EID: 23844473759     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/0003702054615214     Document Type: Article

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