"Residence times difference" fluxgate

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-112

  Andò, Bruno ^a   Baglio, Salvatore ^a   Bulsara, Adi R ^b   Sacco, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluxgate; Magnetometer; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIZATION; READOUT SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; RESONANCE;

FLUXGATE; FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS; STOCHASTIC RESONANCE; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 23844511494     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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