A mobile robot system for remote measurements of ammonia vapor in the atmosphere

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 241-246

  Anderson, Gary ^a,b   Sheesley, Chris ^c   Toison, Jay ^c   Wilson, Edmond ^d   Tunstel, Edward ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; PLANETS; SPECTROMETERS; WATER VAPOR;

BIOGENIC GASES; REMOTE MEASUREMENTS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 34548129265     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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