Methods for large-scale monitoring of district heating systems using airborne thermography

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5175-5182

  Friman, Ola ^a,b,c   Follo, Peter ^a   Ahlberg, Jorgen ^d   Sjokvist, Stefan ^c  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b SICK IVP   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Termisk Systemteknik AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Image processing; remote sensing; Thermal sensors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; STEAM POWER PLANTS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS; CENTRAL POWER PLANTS; DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS; DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM; LARGE-SCALE LEAKAGE; LARGE-SCALE MONITORING; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL SENSORS;

DISTRICT HEATING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; LEAKAGE; METHODOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84896388440     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2287238     Document Type: Article

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