scholarly journals Heat Transfer in the Environment: Development and Use of Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing

10.5772/19474 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Suarez ◽  
Mark B. ◽  
Jeff Dozier ◽  
John S. ◽  
Scott W.
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Temperature Sensing ◽  
Distributed Temperature Sensing

scholarly journals Thermodynamics of a fast-moving Greenlandic outlet glacier revealed by fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (20) ◽  
pp. eabe7136
Author(s):  
Robert Law ◽  
Poul Christoffersen ◽  
Bryn Hubbard ◽  
Samuel H. Doyle ◽  
Thomas R. Chudley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Basal Layer ◽  
Temperature Sensing ◽  
Distributed Temperature Sensing ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
Outlet Glacier ◽  
Coarse Spatial Resolution ◽  
High Vertical Resolution ◽  
Fast Motion ◽  
Strain Heating

Measurements of ice temperature provide crucial constraints on ice viscosity and the thermodynamic processes occurring within a glacier. However, such measurements are presently limited by a small number of relatively coarse-spatial-resolution borehole records, especially for ice sheets. Here, we advance our understanding of glacier thermodynamics with an exceptionally high-vertical-resolution (~0.65 m), distributed-fiber-optic temperature-sensing profile from a 1043-m borehole drilled to the base of Sermeq Kujalleq (Store Glacier), Greenland. We report substantial but isolated strain heating within interglacial-phase ice at 208 to 242 m depth together with strongly heterogeneous ice deformation in glacial-phase ice below 889 m. We also observe a high-strain interface between glacial- and interglacial-phase ice and a 73-m-thick temperate basal layer, interpreted as locally formed and important for the glacier’s fast motion. These findings demonstrate notable spatial heterogeneity, both vertically and at the catchment scale, in the conditions facilitating the fast motion of marine-terminating glaciers in Greenland.

Measuring Artificial Recharge with Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing

Ground Water ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 670-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Becker ◽  
Brian Bauer ◽  
Adam Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Artificial Recharge ◽  
Temperature Sensing ◽  
Distributed Temperature Sensing

Assessment of detection limits of fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing for detection of illicit connections

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (12) ◽  
pp. 2712-2718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaap Nienhuis ◽  
Cornelis de Haan ◽  
Jeroen Langeveld ◽  
Martijn Klootwijk ◽  
François Clemens
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Detection Limits ◽  
Temperature Sensing ◽  
Distributed Temperature Sensing ◽  
Monitoring Equipment ◽  
Sewer Systems ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Frequency Temperature ◽  
Storm Sewer

Distributed temperature sensing (DTS) with fiber-optic cables is a powerful tool to detect illicit connections in storm sewer systems. High-frequency temperature measurements along the in-sewer cable create a detailed representation of temperature anomalies due to illicit discharges. The detection limits of the monitoring equipment itself are well-known, but there is little information available on detection limits for the discovery of illicit connections, as in mixing of sewers, and attenuation also plays an important role. This paper describes the results of full-scale experiments aiming to quantify the detection limits for illicit connections under various sewer conditions. Based on the results, a new monitoring set-up for (partially) filled sewer conduits has been proposed.

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