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Can commercial low-cost sensor platforms contribute to air quality monitoring and exposure estimates?

Abstract：

:The emergence of low-cost, user-friendly and very compact air pollution platforms enable observations at high spatial resolution in near-real-time and provide new opportunities to simultaneously enhance existing monitoring systems, as well as engage citizens in active environmental monitoring. This provides a whole new set of capabilities in the assessment of human exposure to air pollution. However, the data generated by these platforms are often of questionable quality. We have conducted an exhaustive evaluation of 24 identical units of a commercial low-cost sensor platform against CEN (European Standardization Organization) reference analyzers, evaluating their measurement capability over time and a range of environmental conditions. Our results show that their performance varies spatially and temporally, as it depends on the atmospheric composition and the meteorological conditions. Our results show that the performance varies from unit to unit, which makes it necessary to examine the data quality of each node before its use. In general, guidance is lacking on how to test such sensor nodes and ensure adequate performance prior to marketing these platforms. We have implemented and tested diverse metrics in order to assess if the sensor can be employed for applications that require high accuracy (i.e., to meet the Data Quality Objectives defined in air quality legislation, epidemiological studies) or lower accuracy (i.e., to represent the pollution level on a coarse scale, for purposes such as awareness raising). Data quality is a pertinent concern, especially in citizen science applications, where citizens are collecting and interpreting the data. In general, while low-cost platforms present low accuracy for regulatory or health purposes they can provide relative and aggregated information about the observed air quality.

journal_name

Environ Int

journal_title

Environment international

authors

Castell N,Dauge FR,Schneider P,Vogt M,Lerner U,Fishbain B,Broday D,Bartonova A

doi

10.1016/j.envint.2016.12.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-02-01 00:00:00

pages

293-302

eissn

0160-4120

issn

1873-6750

pii

S0160-4120(16)30998-9

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pub_type

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Can commercial low-cost sensor platforms contribute to air quality monitoring and exposure estimates?