Suitability evaluation of multipoint simultaneous CO2 sampling wireless sensors for livestock buildings

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 10479-10496

  Calvet, Salvador ^a   Campelo, José Carlos ^a   Estellés, Fernando ^a   Perles, Angel ^a   Mercado, Ricardo ^a   Serrano, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Livestock; Ventilation; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903536538     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140610479     Document Type: Article

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