Monitoring street-level spatial-temporal variations of carbon monoxide in urban settings using a wireless sensor network (WSN) framework

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6380-6396

  Wen, Tzai Hung ^a   Jiang, Joe Air ^a   Sun, Chih Hong ^a,b   Juang, Jehn Yih ^a   Lin, Tzu Shiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Information Security Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geographic information system (GIS); Real time monitoring; Street level air quality; Wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; VISUALIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLLUTANT; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84888371246     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10126380     Document Type: Article

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