Assessing the performance of a plastic optical fibre turbidity sensor for measuring post-fire erosion from plot to catchment scale

SOIL

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 641-650

  Keizer, J J ^a   Martins, M A S ^a   Prats, S A ^a   Santos, L F ^a   Vieira, D C S ^a   Nogueira, R ^b   Bilro, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULCHING; OVERLAND FLOW; RUNOFF; SENSOR; STREAMFLOW; TURBIDITY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84984805171     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-1-641-2015     Document Type: Article

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