Precise positioning with wireless sensor nodes: Monitoring natural hazards in all terrains

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 722-727

  Kenney, Joshua D ^a   Poole, Donald R ^a   Willden, Gregory C ^a   Abbott, Ben A ^a   Morris, Alan P ^a   McGinnis, Ronald N ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance measurement; Hazard monitoring; Localization; Radar; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; GEOSCIENTISTS; LEADTIME; LOCALIZATION; LOCATION TECHNIQUES; NATURAL HAZARD; PRECISE POSITIONING; RESEARCH EFFORTS; TREE CANOPY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CYBERNETICS; DUST; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HAZARDS; MONITORING; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TRACKING (POSITION); VOLCANOES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 74849098550     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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