An on-site computer system for comprehensive agricultural air quality research

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-49

  Ni, Ji Qin ^a   Heber, Albert J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; AirDAC; Data acquisition; Data processing; LabVIEW; Measurement; Software

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED DATA PROCESSING; AIR EXCHANGES; AIR SAMPLING SYSTEMS; AIRDAC; COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION HARDWARE; DATA COMPLETENESS; DATA CORRECTIONS; DATA DISPLAY; DATA POINTS; DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL OUTPUT; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; ENGINEERING UNIT; ENVIRONICS; GAS ANALYZERS; HIGH CAPACITY; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; LABVIEW; LONG TERM MONITORING; MEASUREMENT SOFTWARE; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MONITOR SYSTEM; OPERATION COST; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POST-MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY CONTROL; REAL-TIME SAMPLING; REMOTE DIAGNOSIS; RESEARCH CENTER; RESEARCH QUALITY; REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES; RUN-TIME CONFIGURATION; SAMPLING TUBING; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; STAND -ALONE; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COST REDUCTION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA ACQUISITION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; POLLUTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SENSORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

MONITORING;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA ACQUISITION; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSOR; SOFTWARE;

EID: 76049105415     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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