A radiosonde using a humidity sensor array with a platinum resistance heater and multi-sensor data fusion

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 8977-8996

  Shi, Yunbo ^a   Luo, Yi ^a   Zhao, Wenjie ^a   Shang, Chunxue ^a   Wang, Yadong ^a   Chen, Yinsheng ^b  

^a HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Condensation; CPU; Humidity sensor; MEMS; Multi sensor data fusion; Radiosonde; Sensor array; Temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONDENSATION; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MEMS; PLATINUM; RADIOSONDES; SENSOR ARRAYS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAPACITIVE HUMIDITY SENSORS; CONDENSATION PROBLEMS; CPU; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MICROWAVE MODULES; MULTISENSOR DATA FUSION; PLATINUM RESISTANCES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84890745912     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130708977     Document Type: Article

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