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Air Sensor Collocation Shelters for Tribes and Citizen Science, May 13
Citation:
Brown, R., D. Garver, K. Barkjohn, A. Clements, A. Kaufman, M. Berry, AND S. Apodaca. Air Sensor Collocation Shelters for Tribes and Citizen Science, May 13. Air sensor international conference, Pasadena, California, May 11 - 13, 2022.
Impact/Purpose:
This project aims to deploy air sensor collocation shelters across the U.S. to enable tribes, community groups, and others to gather higher quality data from air sensors. This will help with tribal and environmental justice projects where no monitors are currently located since air sensors can be collocated to build corrections and improve data quality and then deployed independently. This abstract is for a presentation that will be presented to attendees of the Air Sensor International Conference May 11-13, 2022 in Pasadena, CA.
Description:
Collocation of air quality sensors at existing regulatory air monitoring sites where sensor data can be compared against quality-assured reference data is a cost-effective method for understanding the performance of lower-cost air sensors. In some cases, collocations can allow for location-specific correction factors to be developed to improve sensor accuracy. This presentation discusses a project during which 20 collocation shelters, which provide weather shielding and security for sensors, were built and deployed at tribal and state/local air monitoring locations across the U.S. as a means of providing the infrastructure needed to enable additional collocation opportunities. This work is a collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and multiple state, local, and tribal air monitoring agencies. Participating agencies are working to make these shelters accessible to the public to encourage communities using sensors to incorporate collocation and sensor data cleaning and correction into their projects. These efforts lead to increased community engagement, leveraged expertise of the regulatory air monitoring staff, lowered barriers for collocation, and more quality-assured sensor data. As part of the project, EPA Office of Research and Development commissioned and published a design document which will allow shelters to be built and installed at regulatory air monitoring sites across the U.S. The presentation will also focus on specific challenges related to site access, security, and infrastructure that state, local, and tribal air monitoring agencies addressed in implementing this project. Although this abstract was reviewed by EPA and approved for publication, it may not necessarily reflect official Agency policy. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
URLs/Downloads:
ORD 044918 AIR SENSOR COLLOCATION SHELTERS FOR TRIBES AND CITIZEN SCIENCE 508 FORM.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 196.736 KB, about PDF)AIR SENSOR COLLOCATION SHELTERS FOR TRIBES AND CITIZEN SCIENCE.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 4266.707 KB, about PDF)