A new sensor for the automatic detection of the state of ground

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-70

  Stacheder, Markus ^a,b   Koeniger, F ^a,b   Schuhmann, R ^a,b   Brandelik, A ^b   Schmitt, G ^a   Sommer, W ^c   Fiel, R ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c Sommer Mess Systematechnik (GmbH)   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL SURFACE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 38849159096     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2007032     Document Type: Article

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