The design and application of an inexpensive pressure monitoring system for shallow water level measurement, tensiometry and piezometry

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 416-425

  Greswell, Richard ^a   Ellis, Paul ^b   Cuthbert, Mark ^a   White, Rachel ^d   Durand, Véronique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Hafren Water   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater monitoring; Piezometer; Pressure transducer; Tensiometer; Water level

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED MONITORING; CAN INTERFACE; DESIGN AND APPLICATION; FIELD APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; IN-SITU; LOGGING SYSTEM; MODERN MICROELECTRONICS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERMEAMETERS; PIEZOMETER; POINT OF MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM; RIVER LEVELS; SHALLOW WATERS; SOIL SCIENCE; SPECIFIC DESIGN; STAND -ALONE; TENSIOMETRY;

AGRICULTURE; DESIGN; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MICROELECTRONICS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

MONITORING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIEZOMETER; PRESSURE; TENSIOMETER; TRANSDUCER; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 74549164198     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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