Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Ki-Hyun Kim
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Deadline for Paper submission: 31 July 2008
Summary
All types of sensors applicable to the determination of odorous compounds in various environmental matrices (e.g., air, water, and soil) will be covered in this special issue. In recent years, the assessment of odor pollution is generally made either by indirect means such as quantitative analysis based on instrumental detection or by the use of direct (sensory or olfactory) methods. As a primary means to control odor pollution from various emission sources, quantitative analysis of the offensive odorous compounds is considered as the primary task. Many advances have in fact been achieved in the instrumental detection of odorous compounds with the employment of delicate analytical systems. However, sensor techniques yet suffer significantly from low sensitivity or interference problems. More efforts are hence desirable to improve our application of sensor techniques to the detection and accurate quantification of odorous compounds under the various environmental settings.
Keywords
environmental monitoring, air, water, soil, malodor, nuisance, olfactory sensing
Published Paper
Mary E. Cablk 1,*, John C. Sagebiel 2, Jill S. Heaton 3 and Cindee Valentin 4
1 Desert Research Institute, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512; E-mail: [email protected]
2 Environmental Health and Safety, University of Nevada Reno MS 328, Reno, NV 89557; E-mail: [email protected].
3 Department of Geography, University of Nevada Reno MS 154, Reno, NV 89557; E-mail: [email protected]
4 Applegate School for Dogs, PO Box 5577, Walnut Creek, CA 94596; E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 14 January 2008 / Accepted: 27 March 2008 / Published: 28 March 2008
Full Research Paper: Olfaction-based Detection Distance: A Quantitative Analysis of How Far Away Dogs Recognize Tortoise Odor and Follow it to Source
Sensors 2008, 8, 2208-2222 (PDF format, 622 K)
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MDPI - Matthias Burkhalter - 16 July 2008