Real-Time Urban Microclimate Analysis Using Internet of Things

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 500-511

  Rathore, Punit ^a   Rao, Aravinda S ^a   Rajasegarar, Sutharshan ^b   Vanz, Elena ^c   Gubbi, Jayavardhana ^d   Palaniswami, Marimuthu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES   (India)

Author keywords

Anomaly detection; geovisualization; Internet of Things (IoT); Smart City; spatio temporal (ST) estimation; urban microclimate

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DATA VISUALIZATION; ESTIMATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; MONITORING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SMART CITY; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VEGETATION; VISUALIZATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ANOMALY DETECTION; GEO VISUALIZATIONS; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); SPATIO TEMPORAL; URBAN AREAS; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 85028965041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2017.2731875     Document Type: Article

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