How standardizing ‘low-cost’ air quality monitors will help measure pollution - Nature Reviews Physics
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Inexpensive air quality monitors may open up pollution monitoring to the wider public. What can the physics of measurement science tell us about how devices need to perform, and how can standardization help? Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Clean air is essential for human health. Recent years have seen the promise of a step forward in how air quality is monitored, with the development of ‘low-cost’ sensors. These miniaturized sensing instruments for measuring pollutant levels are often substantially cheaper than traditional techniques and have none of the constraints of instruments at fixed monitoring locations. They can provide much greater spatial density than fixed reference methods, especially in areas where traditional measurements would be challenging, and allow for measurements of personal exposure, mobile sources and indoor air quality. For instance, the recent Breathe London pilot project successfully showed how this new technology can be used to complement traditional reference measurement systems. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options . Access through your institution Access through your institution Change institution Buy or subscribe Subscribe to Journal Get full journal access for 1 year 92,52?? only 7,71 ? per issue Subscribe All prices are NET prices. VAT will be added later in the checkout. Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout. Buy article Get time limited or full article access on ReadCube. $32.00 Buy All prices are NET prices. Additional access options: . Log in . Learn about institutional subscriptions . References . Brown, R. J. C. & Andres, H. How should metrology bodies treat method-defined measurands? Accreditation Qual. Assur. 25 , 161–166 (2020). Article ? Google Scholar ? Lewis, A., Zellweger, C., Schultz, M. G., & Tarasova, O. A. Technical Advice Note on Lower Cost Air Pollution Sensors (World Meteorological Organization, 2017). PD CEN/TS 17660-1:2021 Performance Evaluation of Air Quality Sensor Systems: Gaseous Pollutants in Ambient Air (CEN, 2021). MCERTS Performance Standards for Ambient Monitoring Equipment (Environment Agency, 2022); https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mcerts-performance-standards-for-ambient-monitoring-equipment/mcerts-performance-standards-for-ambient-monitoring-equipment . Peters, D. R. et al. Evaluating uncertainty in sensor networks for urban air pollution insights. Atmos. Meas. Tech. 15 , 321–334 (2022). Article ? Google Scholar ? Download references Author information . Authors and Affiliations . National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK Richard J. C. Brown?&?Nicholas A. Martin University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Richard J. C. Brown Authors Richard J. C. Brown View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed ? Google Scholar Nicholas A. Martin View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed ? Google Scholar Corresponding authors . Correspondence to Richard J. C. Brown or Nicholas A. Martin . Ethics declarations . Competing interests . The authors declare no competing interests. Rights and permissions . Reprints and Permissions About this article . Cite this article . Brown, R.J.C., Martin, N.A. How standardizing ‘low-cost’ air quality monitors will help measure pollution. Nat Rev Phys (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-023-00561-8 Download citation Published : 07 February 2023 DOI : https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-023-00561-8 Share this article . Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative .
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