From low-cost sensors to high-quality data: A summary of challenges and best practices for effectively calibrating low-cost particulate matter mass sensors

MR Giordano, C Malings, SN Pandis, AA Presto… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-cost sensors for particulate matter mass (PM) enable spatially dense, high temporal
resolution measurements of air quality that traditional reference monitoring cannot. Low-cost …

Low‐cost air quality monitoring networks for long‐term field campaigns: A review

F Carotenuto, A Bisignano, L Brilli… - Meteorological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The application of low‐cost air quality monitoring networks has substantially grown over the
last few years, following the technological advances in the production of cheap and portable …

The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air pollution in Europe and North America: a systematic review

M Bakola, I Hernandez Carballo… - European Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Multiple studies report reductions in air pollution associated with COVID-19
lockdowns. Methods We performed a systematic review of the changes observed in …

Role of vehicular emissions in urban air quality: The COVID-19 lockdown experiment

M Llaguno-Munitxa, E Bou-Zeid - Transportation Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
While the decrease in air pollutant concentration during the COVID-19 lockdown is well
documented, neighborhood-scale and multi-city data have not yet been explored …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of PM10 Levels in Three of the Most Polluted Cities in Romania over the Periods Related to Lower Traffic—Implications for Human Health

GB Burghelea, L Mărmureanu, G Iorga, B Antonescu - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity to examine the impact of reduced
human activity on air quality. This study assesses the levels of particulate matter (PM10) in …

Chemical explosion, COVID-19, and environmental justice: Insights from low-cost air quality sensors

G Liu, K Moore, WC Su, GL Delclos… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the impact of the Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) fire and
COVID-19 on airborne particulate matter (PM) concentrations and the PM disproportionally …

Particle number size distribution evaluation of Plantower PMS5003 low-cost PM sensors–a field experiment

A Caseiro, S Schmitz… - Environmental Science …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of low-cost sensors (LCS) for the evaluation of the ambient pollution by particulate
matter (PM) has grown and become significant for the scientific community in the past few …

A national crowdsourced network of low-cost fine particulate matter and aerosol optical depth monitors: results from the 2021 wildfire season in the United States

EA Wendt, B Ford, M Cheeseman, Z Rosen… - Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is a leading contributor to premature death, disease, and
environmental degradation globally. Wildfire smoke is a primary source of air pollution in the …

Calibration and Evaluation of a Low-Cost Optical Particulate Matter Sensor for Measurement of Lofted Lunar Dust

A Vidwans, J Gillis-Davis, P Biswas - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Several recent Earth-based investigations employed low-cost particulate matter (PM)
sensors to address the lack of spatiotemporal resolution in air quality data. The lunar …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 public health restrictions on particulate matter pollution measured by a validated low-cost sensor network in Oxford, UK

T Bush, S Bartington, FD Pope, A Singh… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emergency responses to the COVID-19 pandemic led to major changes in travel behaviours
and economic activities with arising impacts upon urban air quality. To date, these air quality …