A mobile and low-cost system for environmental monitoring: A case study

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Velasco, Alejandro ^a   Ferrero, Renato ^a   Gandino, Filippo ^a   Montrucchio, Bartolomeo ^a   Rebaudengo, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air monitoring; Air pollution; Mobile sensors; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; POLLUTION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOBILE SENSORS; MOBILE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK; STATIC MONITORING;

MONITORING;

EID: 84968816745     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16050710     Document Type: Article

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