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. 2021 Jul 31:37:107269.
doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107269. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Data set from large-scale citizen science provides high-resolution nitrogen dioxide values for enhancing community knowledge and collective action to related health issues

Josep Perelló  1   2 , Anna Cigarini  1   2   3 , Julián Vicens  1   2 , Isabelle Bonhoure  1   2 , David Rojas-Rueda  4 , Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen  5 , Marta Cirach  5 , Carolyn Daher  5 , Jaume Targa  6 , Anna Ripoll  6
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Data set from large-scale citizen science provides high-resolution nitrogen dioxide values for enhancing community knowledge and collective action to related health issues

Josep Perelló et al. Data Brief. .

Abstract

Dataset from a large-scale air quality citizen science campaign is presented (xAire, 725 measurements, see Ref. [1]). A broad partnership with 1650 citizens from communities around 18 primary schools across Barcelona (Spain) provided the capacity to obtain unprecedented high-resolution NO2 levels which had in turn the capacity to provide an updated asthma Health Impact Assessment. Nitrogen dioxide levels being obtained in a 4-week period during February and March 2018 with Palmes' diffusion samplers are herein provided. Dataset includes NO2 levels from outdoor locations n=671, playgrounds n=31, and inside school buildings (mostly classrooms) n=23. Data was calibrated and annualized with concentration levels from automatic reference stations. It is shown that NO2 levels vary considerably with at some cases very high levels. Strong differences might also however be explained by the fact that ambient air pollution is reduced exponentially with distance from an emission source like traffic meaning that two samplers located about 100 m away can measure a tenfold difference concentration level.

Keywords: Air quality; Citizen science; City, Barcelona; Map; Nitrogen dioxide levels; Palmes; Schools.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships which have or could be perceived to have influenced the work reported in this article.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Map with all sampler locations (n = 725). It includes outdoor locations n = 671, playgrounds n = 31, inside school buildings mostly inside classrooms n = 23 with color code based on their annualized NO2 concentration level. The starred locations show the routine stations (e.g., automatic reference stations being used for the analysis). Figure originally published in Ref. .
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Map with all sampler locations (n = 725). It includes outdoor locations n = 671, playgrounds n = 31, inside school buildings mostly inside classrooms n = 23. This classification allows a better understanding of the big differences among close locations observed in Fig. 1. Figure originally published in Ref. .
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