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High Frequency Data Acquisition System for Modelling the Impact of Visitors on the Thermo-Hygrometric Conditions of Archaeological Sites: A Casa di Diana (Ostia Antica, Italy) Case Study

C. ScatignoPedro BeltránFernando-juan García-diegoPaloma Merello

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thermo-hygrometric balanceFrequency dataContext (language use)010501 environmental scienceslcsh:Chemical technologyLogistic regressionrelative humidity01 natural sciencesBiochemistryArticleAnalytical ChemistryThermo-hygrometric balanceContinuous monitoringVisitorsvisitors; temperature; relative humidity; thermo-hygrometric balance; continuous monitoring; preventive conservationlcsh:TP1-1185Relative humidityElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInstrumentation0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEnvironmental humidity010401 analytical chemistryContinuous monitoringTemperatureClimatic variablestemperatureRelative humiditypreventive conservationvisitorsArchaeologyAtomic and Molecular Physics and Opticscontinuous monitoring0104 chemical sciencesFISICA APLICADAEnvironmental scienceThermal balancePreventive conservation

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[EN] The characterization of the microclimatic conditions is fundamental for the preventive conservation of archaeological sites. In this context, the identification of the factors that influence the thermo-hygrometric equilibrium is key to determine the causes of cultural heritage deterioration. In this work, a characterization of the thermo-hygrometric conditions of Casa di Diana (Ostia Antica, Italy) is carried out analyzing the data of temperature and relative humidity recorded by a system of sensors with high monitoring frequency. Sensors are installed in parallel, calibrated and synchronized with a microcontroller. A data set of 793,620 data, arranged in a matrix with 66,135 rows and 12 columns, was used. Furthermore, the influence of human impact (visitors) is evaluated through a multiple linear regression model and a logistic regression model. The visitors do not affect the environmental humidity as it is very high and constant all the year. The results show a significant influence of the visitors in the upset of the thermal balance. When a tourist guide takes place, the probability that the hourly temperature variation reaches values higher than its monthly average is 10.64 times higher than it remains equal or less to its monthly average. The analysis of the regression residuals shows the influence of outdoor climatic variables in the thermal balance, such as solar radiation or ventilation.

10.3390/s18020348https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18020348