A measurement system for the evaluation of environmental electromagnetic field

Author

Bertocco, M. ; Farias, M. ; Offelli, C. ; Sona, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. Electron. & Comput. Sci., Padova Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1277

Abstract

The paper presents a measurement system for the evaluation of electromagnetic (EM) field intensity in large geographical areas. It is based on the combined use of two test stations. The first one is equipped with global positioning system and broadband EM field sensors for preliminary data acquisition. The second test station is based on an analog spectrum analyzer for thorough investigation at locations where large intensity fields are found. The whole system provides geographical maps of the field strength. Control of the measurement subsystems through the Internet network for monitoring purposes is also achieved. Real life experimental data that show the system characteristics are discussed.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; computerised monitoring; data acquisition; electromagnetic fields; field strength measurement; measurement systems; spectral analysers; EM field sensor; Global Positioning System; Internet network; analog spectrum analyzer; computerised monitoring; data acquisition; environmental electromagnetic field; geographical map; measurement system; test station; Area measurement; Data acquisition; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Electronics industry; Instruments; Pollution measurement; Sensor systems; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2002. IMTC/2002. Proceedings of the 19th IEEE

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7218-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2002.1007141

Filename

1007141