Ubiquitous sensor networking for development (USN4D): An application to pollution monitoring

Sensors

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 391-414

  Bagula, Antoine ^a   Zennaro, Marco ^b   Inggs, Gordon ^a   Scott, Simon ^a   Gascon, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c Libelium   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environment monitoring; Long distance wireless sensor networks; Ubiquitous sensor networking; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SECURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84856302720     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120100391     Document Type: Article

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