Title
A Low-Cost Sensing System for Cooperative Air Quality Monitoring in Urban Areas
Abstract
Air quality in urban areas is a very important topic as it closely affects the health of citizens. Recent studies highlight that the exposure to polluted air can increase the incidence of diseases and deteriorate the quality of life. Hence, it is necessary to develop tools for real-time air quality monitoring, so as to allow appropriate and timely decisions. In this paper, we present uSense, a low-cost cooperative monitoring tool that allows knowing, in real-time, the concentrations of polluting gases in various areas of the city. Specifically, users monitor the areas of their interest by deploying low-cost and low-power sensor nodes. In addition, they can share the collected data following a social networking approach. uSense has been tested through an in-field experimentation performed in different areas of a city. The obtained results are in line with those provided by the local environmental control authority and show that uSense can be profitably used for air quality monitoring.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.3390/s150612242
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
urban sensing,air quality monitoring,cooperative system,participatory sensing
Sensing system,Social network,Computer communication networks,Electronic engineering,Air quality index,Engineering,Air pollutants,Participatory sensing,Environmental economics,Environmental monitoring,Environmental engineering,The Internet
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
6.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
1.02
6
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Simone Brienza1956.81
andrea galli291.02
Giuseppe Anastasi32236125.94
Paolo Bruschi46217.83