Environmental monitoring systems: A review

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1329-1339

  Kumar, Anuj ^a   Kim, Hiesik ^b   Hancke, Gerhard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrochemical semiconductor sensor; environmental monitoring; IEEE 1451; network capable application processor; smart transducer interface module; transducer independent interface

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENT MONITORING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM; HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS; IEEE-1451; MAJOR FACTORS; NETWORK CAPABLE APPLICATION PROCESSOR; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; ROBUST SYSTEMS; SENSOR MODULES; SMART TRANSDUCER INTERFACE MODULES; USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HARDWARE; MONITORING; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84874629149     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2233469     Document Type: Article

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