Shield or not to shield: Effects of solar radiation on water temperature sensor accuracy

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1622-1637

  Johnson, Matthew F ^a   Wilby, Robert L ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error; Flume; Hydrology; Light intensity; Lux; Radiation shield; Rivers; Solar radiation; Thermistor; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROLOGY; RADIATION SHIELDING; RIVERS; SUN; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMISTORS;

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; FLUME; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUX; WATER TEMPERATURES;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84888772474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5041622     Document Type: Article

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