Development of low-cost ammonia gas sensors and data analysis algorithms to implement a monitoring grid of urban environmental pollutants

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1565-1575

  Chiesa, Maria ^a   Rigoni, Federica ^a   Paderno, Maria ^a   Borghetti, Patrizia ^a   Gagliotti, Giovanna ^a   Bertoni, Maurizio ^a   Ballarin Denti, Antonio ^a   Schiavina, Lorenzo ^a,b   Goldoni, Andrea ^c   Sangaletti, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore ^*  (Italy)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CALIBRATION; CHEMRESISTOR GAS SENSOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUZZY LOGIC; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; AMMONIA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUZZY LOGIC; ITALY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

EID: 84864292325     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2em30102d     Document Type: Article

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