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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-65-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-65-2015
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03 Mar 2015
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Does temperature affect the accuracy of vented pressure transducer in fine-scale water level measurement?

Z. Liu and C. W. Higgins

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This paper discussed the effect of temperature on the accuracy of submersible strain gauge pressure transducers. The results show that rapid change of temperature introduces errors in the water level reading while the absolute temperature is also related to the sensor errors. The former is attributed to venting and the latter is attributed to temperature compensation effects in the strain gauges. Performance tests are necessary before field deployment to ensure the data quality.