Development and application of a next generation air sensor network for the Hong Kong marathon 2015 air quality monitoring

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Sun, Li ^a   Wong, Ka Chun ^a   Wei, Peng ^a   Ye, Sheng ^a   Huang, Hao ^a   Yang, Fenhuan ^a   Westerdahl, Dane ^a   Louie, Peter K K ^b   Luk, Connie W Y ^b   Ning, Zhi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air network; Marathon; Next generation sensor; Roadside air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; ROADSIDES; SENSOR NETWORKS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR MONITORING SYSTEM; AIR NETWORKS; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARATHON; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION;

NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84957603200     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16020211     Document Type: Article

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