Implementing fiber optic sensors to monitor humidity and moisture

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5384, Issue , 2004, Pages 54-63

  Kunzler, Wesley ^a   Calvert, Sean ^a   Laylor, Marty ^a  

^a Blue Road Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Evaporation; FBG; Fiber optic sensor; Grating; Pressure; Relative humidity; Soil moisture; Temperature; Weight

Indexed keywords

EROSION MONITORING; OPTICAL HUMIDITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WAVELENGTH;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EVAPORATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MOISTURE; MULTIPLEXING; SENSORS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 8844273468     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542818     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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4. Blaine Hanson, Soil Moisture Instruments, 1999, http://www. greenmediaonline.com//ij/1999/0499/499soil.asp
5. US Patent 5,380,995; more at http://www.bluerr.com/patents.htm