Opportunistic mobile air pollution monitoring: A case study with city wardens in Antwerp

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 141, Issue , 2016, Pages 408-421

  Van den Bossche, Joris ^a,b   Theunis, Jan ^a   Elen, Bart ^a   Peters, Jan ^a   Botteldooren, Dick ^b   De Baets, Bernard ^b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Mobile measurements; Opportunistic monitoring; Spatial variation; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MONITORING; POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; BLACK CARBON; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE; MOBILE MEASUREMENTS; PARTICIPATORY MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

BLACK CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOBILE APPLICATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING BIAS; SENSOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM;

EID: 84978269117     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.063     Document Type: Article

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