The quest for energy is pushing fibre based monitoring into new frontiers. Similarly, structural health monitoring is also demanding advanced monitoring solutions. The combination of Brillouin optical time domain analyzers with specifically designed sensing cables and proper analysis tools is shown to be a perfect match for these challenging applications.

To determine the suitable indices for vegetation cover and production assessment based on the remote sensing data, simultaneous digital data with field data belonging to the spring rangeland of the Semirom-Isfahan province were analyzed. During two years of monitoring the annual, grass, forb, and shrub vegetation cover and the total production data from 86 were collected. The Global Positioning...

Data were collected from 286 pairs of Japanese junior high school students and their parents to explore the association between parenting style and the intention to use monitoring systems incorporating advanced information technology such as GPS devices and IC cards. Results indicated that a majority of the participants had not experienced advanced monitoring systems, but more than half of the ...

Optical performance monitoring of high-capacity networks is one of the enabling technologies of future reconfigurable optical switch networks. In such networks, rapid performance evaluation of data streams becomes challenging due to the use of advanced modulation formats and high data rates. The time-stretch enhanced recording oscilloscope offers a potential solution to monitoring high-rate dat...

This paper outlines the typical problems seen in reciprocating compressors and shows that the existing type of monitoring systems, consisting of vibration level, rod drop, rod runout, and valve cap temperatures, often misses many of them. The advanced compressor monitoring system, which uses dynamic compressor cylinder pressure, directly targets these areas. This system not only provides the in...