Submersible spectrofluorometer for real-time sensing of water quality

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 14415-14434

  Puiu, Adriana ^a   Fiorani, Luca ^a   Menicucci, Ivano ^a   Pistilli, Marco ^a   Lai, Antonia ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll detection; Light induced fluorescence; Spectrofluorometric sensor; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; LASER EXCITATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SUBMERSIBLES; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EXCITATION SOURCES; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; LIGHT INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; NATURAL WATERS; REAL TIME SENSING; SENSOR CALIBRATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETERS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84934925283     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150614415     Document Type: Article

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