Wireless sensor network-based solution for environmental monitoring: Water quality assessment case study

IET Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 610-616

  Postolache, Octavian ^a   Pereira, José Dias ^a   Girão, Pedro Silva ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COSTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNET OF THINGS; MONITORING; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SENSOR NODES; SIGNAL CONDITIONING CIRCUITS; WATER QUALITY;

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M); RESOURCE DEPLETION; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84918551941     PISSN: 17518822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-smt.2013.0136     Document Type: Article

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