Innovative Photonic Sensors for Safety and Security, Part III: Environment, Agriculture and Soil Monitoring
Giovanni Breglio, Romeo Bernini, Gaia Maria Berruti, Francesco Antonio Bruno, S. Buontempo, Stefania Campopiano, Ester Catalano, M. Consales, Agnese Coscetta, Antonello Cutolo, Maria Alessandra Cutolo, Pasquale Di Palma, Flavio Esposito, F. Fienga, M. Giordano, Antonio Iele, Agostino Iadicicco, Andrea Irace, Mohammed Janneh, A. Laudati, Marco Leone, Luca Maresca, Vincenzo Romano Marrazzo, Aldo Minardo, Marco Pisco, Giuseppe Quero, Michele Riccio, Anubhav Srivastava, Patrizio Vaiano, Luigi Zeni, Andrea Cusano
Abstract
In order to complete this set of three companion papers, in this last, we focus our attention on environmental monitoring by taking advantage of photonic technologies. After reporting on some configurations useful for high precision agriculture, we explore the problems connected with soil water content measurement and landslide early warning. Then, we concentrate on a new generation of seismic sensors useful in both terrestrial and under water contests. Finally, we discuss a number of optical fiber sensors for use in radiation environments.