Low-cost air quality monitoring tools: From research to practice (A workshop summary)

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Clements, Andrea L ^a   Griswold, William G ^b   Abhijit, R S ^c   Johnston, Jill E ^d   Herting, Megan M ^d   Thorson, Jacob ^e   Collier Oxandale, Ashley ^e   Hannigan, Michael ^e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Community based organizations; Data management; Data standards; Low cost sensors

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; CALIBRATION; COSTS; DATA VISUALIZATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS; DATA STANDARDIZATION; DATA STANDARDS; LOW-COST SENSORS; TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85032695336     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17112478     Document Type: Review

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