Distributed Mobile Sensor Networks for Hazardous Applications

The problem of environmental monitoring using a wireless network of chemical sensors with a limited energy supply is considered. Since the conventional chemical sensors in active mode consume vast amounts of energy, an optimisation problem arises in the context of a balance between the energy consum...

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Published inInternational journal of distributed sensor networks Vol. 2012; no. 2012; pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors Ehlers, Frank, Sofge, Don, Chitre, Mandar, Potter, John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Puplishing Corporation 01.01.2012
SAGE Publications
Sage Publications Ltd
Hindawi - SAGE Publishing
Subjects
Decision making
Design
Sensors
Studies
Wireless networks
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Summary:The problem of environmental monitoring using a wireless network of chemical sensors with a limited energy supply is considered. Since the conventional chemical sensors in active mode consume vast amounts of energy, an optimisation problem arises in the context of a balance between the energy consumption and the detection capabilities of such a network. In recent years, there has been significant concern about the impacts of offshore oil spill plumes and harmful algal blooms on the coastal ocean environment and biology as well as on the human populations adjacent to these coastal regions. [...]it has become increasingly important to determine the 3D extent of these ocean features ("plumes") and how they evolve over time.
ISSN:1550-1329
1550-1477
1550-1477
DOI:10.1155/2012/970831