A low-cost sensing system for cooperative air quality monitoring in urban areas

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 12242-12259

  Brienza, Simone ^a   Galli, Andrea ^a   Anastasi, Giuseppe ^a   Bruschi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality monitoring; Cooperative system; Participatory sensing; Urban sensing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SENSOR NODES;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; LOW POWER SENSOR; MONITORING TOOLS; PARTICIPATORY SENSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN SENSING;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 84930638454     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150612242     Document Type: Article

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