A stand-alone ultrasonic ranging system for hydrological water stage measurements

Author

Ben-Yaakov, Sam ; Golan, Chanina ; Kessler, Shmuel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Volume

41

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

699

Lastpage

702

Abstract

A stand-alone ultrasonic ranging system (SAURS) was designed and applied in hydrological measurements of water levels. Ranging is carried out through air by an electrostatic ultrasonic transducer which is controlled by a microprocessor-based system. The data are collected in a 64-kbyte EPROM cassette. The problems associated with temperature correction were studied theoretically and experimentally. The advantages of remote water level measurement, as compared to direct contract methods, are examined and discussed

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; hydrological equipment; level measurement; signal processing; telemetering systems; ultrasonic measurement; ultrasonic transducers; 64-kbyte EPROM cassette; Israel; US; computerised instrumentation; electrostatic ultrasonic transducer; hydrological measurements; microprocessor; remote measurement; stand-alone ultrasonic ranging; telemetering; temperature correction; water levels; Contracts; Control systems; EPROM; Electrostatic measurements; Hydrologic measurements; Hydrology; Level measurement; Temperature; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.177345

Filename

177345