Development and Application of Low-Cost Environmental Sensors for the Evaluation of Ambient Air Quality and Related Emission Sources
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (2 February 2024) | Viewed by 28926
Special Issue Editor
Interests: atmospheric aerosol; chemical composition; source apportionment; ship emissions; atmospheric nitrogen deposition; inorganic nutrients; air quality sensors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to announce to the members of the scientific community the planned launch of a new Special Issue of Atmosphere, connected to the emerging research field of low-cost sensors (LCSs). Nowadays, these devices have been receiving growing interest and usage, due to their easy field deployment and application, for instance in the monitoring of the air quality at sites located further from official environmental stations. The data acquired by LCSs can provide more details on the spatial distribution and temporal variation of anthropogenic air pollutants, such as gases and suspended particulate matter. They can be a research tool, for instance, in the assessment of human health effects and in emission source apportionment. Beyond these, the data acquired from LCSs can be applied as input parameters in air pollution dispersion models, which can improve the accuracy of approximations for local air quality and related concentration/deposition maps. LCS-based measurement systems require the careful evaluation of the analytical performance, for instance, compared with that of a calibrated reference monitoring apparatus. Consequently, the topic of instrumental limitations is also of particular importance in research and practical applications.
For the planned Special Issue, Atmosphere invites contributions in the form of research papers, communications and reviews reporting mostly, but not exclusively, on the advancement/development of designs and performance, along with indoor/outdoor applications, in the exciting field of low-cost air quality sensors. Researchers are also encouraged to send in manuscripts devoted to air pollution dispersion modelling, assisted by the utilization of LCSs.
Dr. László Bencs
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- atmospheric pollutants
- low-cost environmental sensors
- advanced sensor design
- real-time air quality monitoring
- emission sources
- pollutant mapping
- indoor and outdoor air
- mobile sensors
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