Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook

This new edition of the bestselling Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook brings together all aspects of the design and implementation of measurement, instrumentation, and sensors. Reflecting the current state of the art, it describes the use of instruments and techniques for performing practical measurements in engineering, physics, chemistry, and the life sciences; explains sensors and the associated hardware and software; and discusses processing systems, automatic data acquisition, reduction and analysis, operation characteristics, accuracy, errors, calibrations, and the incorporation of standards for control purposes. Organized according to measurement problem, the Second Edition: Consists of 2 volumesFeatures contributions from 240+ field expertsContains 53 new chapters, plus updates to all 194 existing chaptersAddresses different ways of making measurements for given variablesEmphasizes modern intelligent instruments and techniques, human factors, modern display methods, instrument networks, and virtual instrumentsExplains modern wireless techniques, sensors, measurements, and applicationsA concise and useful reference for engineers, scientists, academic faculty, students, designers, managers, and industry professionals involved in instrumentation and measurement research and development, Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition provides readers with a greater understanding of advanced applications.