Author_Institution :
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
With growing transportation and population density, increasing global warming and sudden climate change, air quality is one of the critical measures that is needed to be monitored closely on a real-time basis in today´s urban ecosystems. This paper examines the issues, infrastructure, information processing, and challenges of designing and implementing an integrated sensing system for real-time indoor air quality monitoring. The system aims to detect the level of seven gases, ozone (O3), particulate matter, carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), volatile organic compound, and carbon dioxide (CO2), on a real-time basis and provides overall air quality alert timely. Experiments are conducted to validate and support the development of the system for real-time monitoring and alerting.
Keywords :
air quality; carbon compounds; gas sensors; global warming; monitoring; nitrogen compounds; organic compounds; oxygen; sulphur compounds; CO; CO2; ISSAQ; NO2; O3; SO2; climate change; global; information processing; integrated sensing system; population density; real-time indoor air quality monitoring; transportation; urban ecosystem; Gas detectors; Monitoring; Optical sensors; Sensor systems; Temperature sensors; Wireless sensor networks; Air quality monitoring; calibration; energy consumption; indoor; wireless sensor network;