Microclimate monitoring of Ariadne's house (Pompeii, Italy) for preventive conservation of fresco paintings

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Merello, Paloma ^a,b   García Diego, Fernando Juan ^a   Zarzo, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Valencian Institute for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (IVC+R)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Multivariate monitoring; Preservation of open air frescoes; Temperature and relative humidity sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870064877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-6-145     Document Type: Article

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