Time domain reflectometry technique for monitoring of liquid characteristics

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1932-1936

  Cataldo, A ^a   Tarricone, L ^a   Trotta, A ^b   Attivissimo, F ^b   Urso, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liquid dielectric properties; Liquid level measurement; Microwave remote sensing; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

LIQUID DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LIQUID LEVEL MEASUREMENTS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 33847149707     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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