A ZigBee sensor element for distributed monitoring of soil parameters in environmental monitoring

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 135-138

  Valente, António ^a   Morais, Raul ^a   Serôdiot, Carlos ^b   Mestret, Pedro ^b   Pinto, Salviano ^b   Cabral, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SOLAR ENERGY;

DISTRIBUTED MONITORING; EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IEEE 802.15.4; MEASUREMENT PRINCIPLES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; POWER CONSUMPTIONS; PULSE METHODS; SELF-POWERED; SENSING DEVICES; SENSOR ELEMENTS; SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL SAMPLES; SOLAR PANELS; WATER FLUX MEASUREMENTS; ZIGBEE STANDARDS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 48349099052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2007.4388354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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