Real-time environmental monitoring : sensors and systems - textbook / Miguel F. Acevedo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acevedo, Miguel F., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental monitoring--Data processing.

Environmental monitoring.

Environmental monitoring--Equipment and supplies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 403 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2024.

Biography/History:

Miguel F. Acevedo has over 40 years of academic experience, the last 27 of these at the University of North Texas (UNT) where he is currently a Regents Professor. His career has been interdisciplinary and especially at the interface of science and engineering. He has served UNT as faculty member in the department of Geography, the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences of the Biology department, and the Electrical Engineering department. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley (1980) and master's degrees in electrical engineering and Computer Science from Berkeley (M.E., 1978) and the University of Texas at Austin (M.S., 1972). Before joining UNT, he was at the Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, where he served in the School of Systems Engineering, the graduate program in Tropical Ecology, and the Center for Simulation and Modeling. He has served on the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and on many review panels of the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has received numerous research grants, and written several textbooks, numerous journal articles, as well as many book chapters and proceeding articles. In addition to the Regents Professor rank, UNT has recognized him with the Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education, and the Regent's Faculty Lectureship. His research interests focus on environmental systems and sustainability. He has published four textbooks with CRC Press.

Contents:

Principles of environmental monitoring

Programming and single board computers

Sensors and transducers : basic circuits

Bridge circuits, dynamic specifications, and signal conditioning

Dataloggers and sensor networks

Wireless technologies : telemetry and wireless sensor networks

Electric power and environmental monitoring

Remote monitoring of the environment

Probability, statistics, and machine learning

Databases and geographic information systems (GIS)

Atmospheric monitoring

Hydrology, hydrodynamics, water quality, and aquatic ecosystems

Terrestrial ecosystems

Wildlife monitoring.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 27, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Acevedo, Miguel F. Real-time environmental monitoring

ISBN:

9781003425496

1003425496

9781000927825

1000927822

9781000927795

1000927792

Publisher Number:

99995722804

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.