Wireless Sensor Networks

Chapter 3

Environmental Forest Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks

A Survey

Mohammad Abdul Azim, Fatemeh M. Kiaie, and Mohamed H. Ahmed

Contents

3.1    Introduction

3.2    Forest Monitoring Applications

3.2.1    Forest Fire Detection

3.2.2    Detection of Illegal Activities in the Forest

3.2.3    Rainforest Monitoring

3.2.4    Habitat Monitoring

3.2.5    Glacier Monitoring

3.2.6    Other Applications for Forest Monitoring

3.3    Algorithms and Protocols for Environmental Forest Monitoring

3.4    WSN Modules for Environmental Forest Monitoring

3.5    Summary and Discussion

3.5.1    Sensing

3.5.2    Withstanding Harsh Environment

3.5.3    Network Maintenance and Configuration

3.5.4    Link Quality

3.5.5    Localization

3.5.6    Application ...