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The Enhanced U.S. EPA Air Sensor Guidebook
Citation:
Clements, A., R. Duvall, D. Greene, AND T. Dye. The Enhanced U.S. EPA Air Sensor Guidebook. Air Sensors International Conference, Pasadena, CA, May 11 - 13, 2022.
Impact/Purpose:
The popular Air Sensor Guidebook has been updated to reflect new information and to continue to support users and manufacturers of sensors. The update includes information on new topics such as sensor performance guidance, determining the purpose for monitoring, and planning and conducting an air quality monitoring study. This presentation, made at the Air Sensors Interational Conference in May 2022, will give attendees an overview of the updated resource.
Description:
The knowledge base surrounding air sensor applications and use has rapidly developed over the past decade. Around 2012, the availability and use of air sensors began to expand rapidly. At this time, air sensor users had a wealth of questions including how to use sensors, select sensors for specific applications, understand sensor performance, collect data, interpret the data, and more. In response, the U.S. EPA developed the Air Sensor Guidebook in 2014. The Guidebook was designed to provide basic information on air quality, guidance on selecting appropriate sensors for a given application, considerations for data quality, and sensor performance needs for different applications. The Guidebook has been one of the most popular resources available on the U.S. EPA’s Air Sensor Toolbox website. Since the Guidebook was released 7 years ago, the use and understanding of sensors has continued to grow and more information regarding best practices, sensor use, sensor performance, and other key topics is now available. The U.S. EPA is updating the original Air Sensor Guidebook to reflect this new information and to continue to support users and manufacturers of sensors. This presentation will provide a highlight of the updates to the Guidebook including the addition of new topics such as sensor performance guidance, determining the purpose for monitoring, and planning and conducting an air quality monitoring study. Disclaimer: Although this abstract was reviewed by EPA and approved for publication, it may not necessarily reflect official Agency policy.
URLs/Downloads:
ORD 044739 THE ENHANCED US EPA SENSOR GUIDEBOOK 508 FORM.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 184.428 KB, about PDF)THE ENHANCED US EPA AIR SENSOR GUIDEBOOK.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 1485.902 KB, about PDF)