Testing the reliability of humidity sensors through prolonged measurements traceable to calibration standards

Open Access

Issue		2015 17^th International Congress of Metrology


Article Number		15002
Number of page(s)		6
Section		Show thermique / Thermal show
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/metrology/20150015002
Published online		21 September 2015

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