Participatory environmental sensing for quality of life information services

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 123-133

  Karatzas, Kostas D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air quality; Biological weather; Information services; Participatory environmental sensing; Pollen; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SERVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; POLLEN; QUALITY OF LIFE; THESSALONIKI , GREECE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84879676164     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19536-5_10     Document Type: Article

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