Real-time environmental monitoring : sensors and systems /: sensors and systems. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Miguel F. Acevedo.
• Authors: Acevedo, Miguel F
• Contents: Introduction; FROM SENSORS TO SYSTEMS; Sensors and Transducers: Basic Circuits; Principles of Electrical Quantities; Circuits: Nodes and Loops; Measuring Voltages, Currents, and Resistances; Sensors; From Sensors to Transducers; Sensor Specifications: Static; Resistive Sensors; Example: From a Light Sensor to a Light Transducer; Example: From Thermistor to Temperature Transducer; Example: A Temperature Transducer for Air, Soil, and Water; Example: Thermocouples; Sensors and Transducers: Bridge Circuits, Dynamic Specifications, More Sensors; Introduction; Balanced Source Voltage Divider; One-Sensor Circuit: Quarter-Bridge; Two-Sensor Circuit: Half-Bridge; Two-Sensor Having Opposite Effect: Half-Bridge; Four Sensor Circuit: Full Bridge; Zero Adjust and Range Adjust; Sensor Specifications; Electrochemical Sensors; Example: Dynamic Specifications and a Potentiometer-Based Wind Direction; Dielectric Properties; Example: Piezoelectric Sensors; Example: Soil Tensiometer; Exercises; ; Signal Conditioning and Analog-to-Digital Converters; Introduction; Operational Amplifiers; Linearization of the Bridge Circuit Output; Common-Mode Rejection; Instrumentation Amplifier; Spectrum; Noise; Electric Field and Electrostatic Shielding; Isolation; Cold-Junction Compensation; Analog-to-Digital Converter; Current Loop: 4–20 mA; Pulse Sensors; Exercises; ; Data Acquisition Systems; Introduction; Dataloggers; Applications in Environmental Monitoring; Analog Channels; Real-Time Clock; Communications with a Datalogger; RS-232 Standard; SDI-12; Conditions and Enclosures; Datalogger Example: CR1000; VoltSE; VoltDiff; BrHalf; BrFull; PulseCount; Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition; Exercises; ; Single-Board Computers and Microcontrollers; Introduction; Computer Organization and Architecture; Single-Board Computers; ARM Architectures; SBC Based on ARM Processor: Example; System on a Chip; SBC Example: Raspberry Pi; Microcontrollers; MCU Example; In-Circuit Serial Programming; MCU-Based SBC Example: Arduino; Comparing SBCs: TS-7400, Raspberry Pi, Arduino Uno; MCUs as DAS; Example: Arduino Programming; Example: Using Flash Memory for Datalogging with Arduino; Example: Using a Datalogger Shield for Arduino; Example MCU-Based SBC; Exercises; ; Wireless Technologies and Telemetry; Introduction; Wave Concepts; Radio Wave Spectrum; Radio Wave Propagation; Propagation Models; Phase Shift; Fresnel Zones; Absorption; Radio Frequency Cables; Power in dBm; Antennas; Fade Margin; Polarization; Modulation: Digital Signals; Multiplexing; Spread Spectrum; Wi-Fi; Example: A Low-Cost Wi-Fi Radio; Example: Establishing a Wi-Fi Link to Connect a Weather Station to the Internet; Cellular Phone Network; Argos; Exercises; ; Wireless Sensor Networks; Introduction; WSN Nodes; Networks: OSI Model; Media Access Control; Multihop Wireless Communication; Network Protocol for Environmental Monitoring; Radio Propagation and WSN; Example of Radio Propagation Experiments; Example: WSN for Soil Moisture in a Hardwood Bottomland Forest; WSN: Energy Scavenging; Exercises; ; Power; Introduction; Photovoltaic; Solar Radiation and Efficiency; Solar Cell Model; From Cell to Module; Shading and Bypass Diode; Load and Power; Maximum Power Point Tracking; Efficiency and Performance; Tilting the Panel ; Atmospheric Effects; Sun Path; Impact of Temperature on Solar Panel; Example: Powering a Remote Monitoring Station; Exercises; ; Databases and Web Access; Introduction; Examples of Raw Data Format; Relational DBs; Structural Query Language; Extensible Markup Language; Backup; Web Services; Metadata, Standards, Interoperability, and Preservation; Example: Data Collected from Distributed Sensor Systems; Exercises; ; APPLICATIONS TO ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES, WATER RESOURCES, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND WILDLIFE MONITORING; Atmospheric Monitoring; Introduction; Earth’s Atmosphere; Vertical Structure; Atmosphere–Near-Surface Air Quality; Particulate Matter; Stations; Optical Devices; Measurement Methods Using Samples in Closed Path; Optical Absorption Spectroscopy; Chemiluminscent Analyzer; Fluorescence; Nondispersive Infrared; Measurement Methods Using Open Path; Total Column Measurements; Atmosphere–Weather; Example: Measuring UV and TC Ozone Concentration by OAS and DOAS; ; Hydrology, Hydrodynamics, Water Quality, and Aquatic Ecosystems; Introduction; Water; Water Level and Depth; Water Velocity and Flow; Water Quality Parameters; Water Quality Sensors; Productivity and Respiration; Light as a Function of Depth; Automated Real-Time Biomonitoring; ; Terrestrial Ecosystems; Introduction; Soil Moisture; Sap Flow; Productivity; Networks; Tree Growth: Dendrometers; Leaf Area; Solar Radiation; Infrared Thermometer; ; Wildlife Monitoring; Introduction; Radio Tags; Radio Tags in Water; Acoustic Tags in Water; Radio Frequency Identification and Passive Integrated Transponder; Popup Satellite Archival Tags; GPS Trackers; Fish Tags; Data Storage Tags; Camera and Video; Proximity Sensors; ; Appendix I: Introduction to R; ; References
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 628.50287; Environmental monitoring -- Remote sensing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482240344
• Related ISBNs: 9781482240207
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