Characterization of buoyant fluorescent particles for field observations ofwater flows

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 11512-11529

  Tauro, Flavia ^a,b   Aureli, Matteo ^a   Porfiri, Maurizio ^a   Grimaldi, Salvatore ^a,b,c  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescent particles; Hillslope processes; Hydrologic tracers; Processing of sensed data; Sensors' applications

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; MICROSPHERE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; PHOTOMETRY; SANITATION; SEWAGE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORESCENCE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSPHERES; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; OBSERVATION; RHEOLOGY; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SEWAGE; WATER;

EID: 79952221533     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101211512     Document Type: Article

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