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Review
. 2017 Oct 28;17(11):2478.
doi: 10.3390/s17112478.

Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring Tools: From Research to Practice (A Workshop Summary)

Andrea L Clements  1 , William G Griswold  2 , Abhijit Rs  3 , Jill E Johnston  4 , Megan M Herting  5 , Jacob Thorson  6 , Ashley Collier-Oxandale  7 , Michael Hannigan  8
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Review

Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring Tools: From Research to Practice (A Workshop Summary)

Andrea L Clements et al. Sensors (Basel). .

Abstract

In May 2017, a two-day workshop was held in Los Angeles (California, U.S.A.) to gather practitioners who work with low-cost sensors used to make air quality measurements. The community of practice included individuals from academia, industry, non-profit groups, community-based organizations, and regulatory agencies. The group gathered to share knowledge developed from a variety of pilot projects in hopes of advancing the collective knowledge about how best to use low-cost air quality sensors. Panel discussion topics included: (1) best practices for deployment and calibration of low-cost sensor systems, (2) data standardization efforts and database design, (3) advances in sensor calibration, data management, and data analysis and visualization, and (4) lessons learned from research/community partnerships to encourage purposeful use of sensors and create change/action. Panel discussions summarized knowledge advances and project successes while also highlighting the questions, unresolved issues, and technological limitations that still remain within the low-cost air quality sensor arena.

Keywords: air quality; community-based organizations; data management; data standards; low-cost sensors.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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