Community Air Sensor Network (CAIRSENSE) project: Evaluation of low-cost sensor performance in a suburban environment in the southeastern United States

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 5281-5292

  Jiao, Wan ^a   Hagler, Gayle ^a   Williams, Ronald ^a   Sharpe, Robert ^b   Brown, Ryan ^a   Garver, Daniel ^a   Judge, Robert ^a   Caudill, Motria ^a   Rickard, Joshua ^a   Davis, Michael ^a   Weinstock, Lewis ^a   Zimmer Dauphinee, Susan ^c   Buckley, Ken ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ARCADIS US Inc   (United States)

^c Environmental Protection Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENCHMARKING; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA QUALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSOR; SUBURBAN AREA; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994229139     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-5281-2016     Document Type: Article

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