Special Issue "New Advances in Low-Cost Air Pollution Sensors"
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrical circuits; electrical and electronic measurement technologies; measuring systems and devices; integrated measurement systems; non-destructive testing of materials; electrical characterization of materials
Interests: Physical; optical and chemical properties of aerosols, in-situ measurements; climatic role of aerosols; Air Quality; Tropospheric ozone & ozone precursors; Stratosphere-to-Troposphere Exchange; Atmospheric radionuclides (Beryllium-7)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a whiteboard for scientists and researchers to share and discuss new developments in the field of low-cost air pollution sensors.
Recent progress in the development of miniaturized low-cost sensors has introduced a novel monitoring capacity for use in diverse observational platforms, radically expanding the possibilities for air quality monitoring, exposure assessment and modeling, the validation of atmospheric models, and citizen science initiatives, with the overarching goal to safeguard human health and the environment.
The use of sensor-based, low-cost air quality monitoring systems is beneficial for the spatial densification of air quality data sources, especially within areas with substantial heterogeneity of levels and special environments in terms of emissions or population vulnerability, while it also provides solutions in cases where continuous stationary monitoring with conventional methods is impeded by limited resources. It also generates new research prospects for air quality characterization using different mobile observational platforms. Their real-time monitoring and networking capabilities allow for their integration in geospatial data visualization platforms and early warning systems on the operational level.
Valuable as the sensors may be, there are certain caveats in the implementation of their use. Issues revolving around their sensitivity, specificity, precision and accuracy when compared against standard equipment, necessitate proper calibration and data post-processing. Given the large number of sensor-based systems that are becoming available, field and laboratory evaluation studies, but also state-of-the-art quality assurance/control, data validation and calibration procedures, are urgently called for.
In view of these topics, the aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest research advancements on low-cost air pollution sensors that focus on, but are not limited to, the following major areas:
- Review articles on the latest progress in indoor and outdoor air pollution sensors and their application;
- Field—outdoor and indoor—and laboratory evaluation of new sensors;
- Assessment of sensor reliability and validity, examining issues such as aging, stability over time and cross-sensitivity;
- Innovative approaches in sensor data post-processing and calibration;
- Methodologies for environmental data analysis, especially when working with sensor networks, combined sensing systems, IoT sensors, wireless;
- Case studies on targeted monitoring around air pollution hotspots (highways, industrial sites, harbors, airports) and integration with early warning and decision support systems;
- Investigation of effects due to diverse atmospheric chemical composition;
- Applications for exposure and health risk assessment;
- Utilization in community multi-scale air quality models;
- Applications in air pollution control technology;
- Implementation in citizen science initiatives;
- Impact on regulations and trends on air quality policy.
Prof. Dr. Ilias Stavrakas
Dr. Gerasopoulos Evangelos
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- low cost air quality sensors; indoor - outdoor air quality
- low cost air quality sensors evaluation; low cost sensors stability
- low cost sensors cross correlation; environmental data analysis
- monitoring air pollution
- IoT and wireless low cost air quality sensors and networks
- community air quality monitoring
- citizen science
- air quality policy trends