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The Air Sensor Citizen Science Toolbox: A Collaboration in Community Air Quality Monitoring and Mapping?
Citation:
Kaufman, A., R. Williams, T. Barzyk, M. OShea, A. Hoang, AND P. Sheridan. The Air Sensor Citizen Science Toolbox: A Collaboration in Community Air Quality Monitoring and Mapping? 2015 Citizen + X Workshop, Pittsburg, PA, November 02, 2014.
Impact/Purpose:
The National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD) conducts research in support of EPA mission to protect human health and the environment. HEASD research program supports Goal 1 (Clean Air) and Goal 4 (Healthy People) of EPA strategic plan. More specifically, our division conducts research to characterize the movement of pollutants from the source to contact with humans. Our multidisciplinary research program produces Methods, Measurements, and Models to identify relationships between and characterize processes that link source emissions, environmental concentrations, human exposures, and target-tissue dose. The impact of these tools is improved regulatory programs and policies for EPA.
Description:
Project GoalDevelop tools Citizen Scientists can use to assist them in conducting environmental monitoringResearch PlanIdentify a citizen science project as a potential pilot study locationEstablish their pollutant monitoring interestsDevelop a sensor package to meet their needs based on EPA expertiseDevelop a protocol useful for the citizen in visualizing their data (C-FERST)Research to ActionDevelop the necessary components and implement a pilot study to evaluate the process
