Development and integration of a solar powered unmanned aerial vehicle and a wireless sensor network to monitor greenhouse gases

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 4072-4096

  Malaver, Alexander ^a   Motta, Nunzio ^a   Corke, Peter ^a   Gonzalez, Felipe ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution monitoring; Environmental monitoring; Gas sensors; Greenhouse gases; Nanostructured metal oxide sensors; Solar energy; UAV; WSN

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFRARED DETECTORS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SENSOR NODES; SOLAR ENERGY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEASURE CONCENTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED METALS; NON-DISPERSIVE INFRARED; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS); WSN;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84922746248     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150204072     Document Type: Article

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