Impact of seasonal variability and monitoring mode on the adequacy of fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing at aquifer-river interfaces

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2408-2423

  Krause, Stefan ^a   Blume, Theresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

accuracy; aquifer river interface; fiber optic distributed temperature sensing; groundwater surface water exchange; signal strength

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FIBER OPTICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RIVERS; SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

ACCURACY; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; DIURNAL OSCILLATIONS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE-WATER EXCHANGES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FIBER OPTICS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; MONITORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR; SIGNAL;

EID: 84879983093     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20232     Document Type: Article

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