Radiofrequency sensors for snow conditions monitoring and real time avalanche alerts

WiSNet 2013 - Proceedings: 2013 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks - 2013 IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, RWW 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 49-51

  Carta, Alessandra ^a   Ghaghazanian, Arash ^a   Stefanelli, Riccardo ^a   Trinchero, Daniele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency Sensors; Sensors for Danger Alerts; Sensors for Harsh Environments; Wireless Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DAILY VARIATIONS; DESIGN PROCEDURE; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; RADIO FREQUENCIES; REALIZATION SCHEMES; RECEIVED POWER; SEPARATE EFFECTS;

ALIGNMENT; RADIATORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

EID: 84876005129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WiSNet.2013.6488630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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