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Design and Evaluation of Fixed and Mobile Sensor-based systems for collection of local Air Quality Data
Citation:
Deshmukh, P., R. Baldauf, K. Davidson, S. Batka, R. Dodder, W. Richardson, T. McArthur, AND R. Logan. Design and Evaluation of Fixed and Mobile Sensor-based systems for collection of local Air Quality Data. ASICS Conference, Oakland, CA, September 12 - 14, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
Methods to evaluate air quality using handheld sensors provide important advantages for difficult to monitor areas as well as for educational tools to inform stakeholders about air pollution impacts. This poster provides a summary of results and design of sensor packages used for assessing roadside vegetation impacts at a school in Oakland, CA. The results of this work will be used by program offices, the regions and external stakeholders to evaluate air quality impacts for vulnerable populations, such as at near-road schools. The results will also provide long-term solutions to measuring air quality as well as educational curriculum for school teachers and students
Description:
Air pollution from mobile sources has been identified by numerous organizations as a public health concern. With increasing traffic on major interstates, an increasing number of people are at risk of exposures to high levels of near-road air pollution. Fixed and mobile air quality sensors offer advantages to assessing these impacts. Studies demonstrate the value of using high-quality mobile monitoring and low-cost, sensor-based technologies in evaluating air quality in near-road environments. With this increasing concern about human exposure and related adverse health effects near roads, the ability of the public to collect air quality data using sensor-based systems is of increasing desire and importance. With this in mind, we have developed user-friendly packages for use by the general public in evaluating air quality in their communities. This presentation describes the use and evaluation of black carbon and NO2 sensors to measure near-road mitigation effects of roadside vegetation in the San Francisco Bay area, including quality assurance results with the Near-Road Monitoring Station at Laney College in Oakland. This presentation also describes the development and use of a stationary Solar-Powered Air Quality (S-PAQ) sampling platform for fixed-site data collection and a mobile Portable Air Quality System (PAQS) sampling platform for mobile data collection by the public.