A self-calibrating low-cost sensor system for moisture monitoring of buildings

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1584-1587

  Sokoll, Thorsten ^a   Jacob, Arne F ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Moisture measurements; Multi sensor system; Network analyzer; Self calibration

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE METERS;

MOISTURE MEASUREMENTS; MULTI SENSOR SYSTEM; SELF CALIBRATION; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER (VNA);

SENSORS;

EID: 34250380409     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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