Real-Time monitoring of hurricane winds using wireless and sensor technology

Journal of Computers

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1275-1285

  Otero, Carlos E ^a   Velazquez, Antonio ^a   Kostanic, Ivica ^a   Subramanian, Chelakara ^a   Pinelli, Jean Paul ^a   Buist, Larry ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Hurricane monitoring; Structure health monitoring; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZED SERVER; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE SYSTEM; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HURRICANE SEASON; IEEE 802.11S; MAN-MADE STRUCTURES; MICROSOFT .NET; MONITORING STRUCTURES; REAL TIME MONITORING; REAL-TIME COLLECTION; REMOTE SENSORS; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SEPARATING APPLICATION; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STRUCTURE HEALTH MONITORING; TRANSMISSION OF DATA; WIRELESS NETWORKING STANDARD; WIRELESS SENSOR;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HURRICANE EFFECTS; INTERNET; REMOTE SENSING; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; STANDARDS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 78649854537     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcp.4.12.1275-1285     Document Type: Article

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