The use of electrochemical sensors for monitoring urban air quality in low-cost, high-density networks

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 186-203

  Mead, M I ^a   Popoola, O A M ^a   Stewart, G B ^a   Landshoff, P ^a   Calleja, M ^a   Hayes, M ^b   Baldovi, J J ^a   McLeod, M W ^a   Hodgson, T F ^a   Dicks, J ^c   Lewis, A ^c   Cohen, J ^d   Baron, R ^e   Saffell, J R ^e   Jones, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Cambridge City Council   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ALPHASENSE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; Carbon monoxide (CO); Electrochemical sensors; Nitric oxide (NO); Nitrogen dioxide (NO2); Nitrogen oxides (NOx); Real time measurements; Sensor networks; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; CAMBRIDGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSORS; EMISSION SOURCES; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HIGHLY-PORTABLE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MEASUREMENT NETWORKS; MEASUREMENT PHILOSOPHY; MIXING RATIOS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTS-PER-BILLION; PARTS-PER-MILLION; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SPATIALLY HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; STATIC NETWORKS; STREET FURNITURE; URBAN AIR QUALITY; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; COSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; MIXING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SENSOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYCLING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

CAMBRIDGE; CAMBRIDGESHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873649887     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.11.060     Document Type: Article

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