air quality research Articles
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Recommendations for the spatial assessment of air quality resulting from the FP6 EU project Air4EU
Air4EU is an FP6 European project with the major aim of providing recommendations on methodologies for the spatial assessment of air quality on local, urban and regional scales. The emphasis is on methodologies that combine monitoring and modelling and on spatial assessment for regulatory purposes, i.e., the EU daughter directives. The recommendations coming from Air4EU are intended as guidance ...
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An evaluation of the service quality priorities of air cargo service providers and customers
This paper analyses the differences between the service quality priorities of air cargo service providers and customers. After having identified what constitutes the decisive factors when it comes to air cargo service quality, research was carried out on the differences between the service quality priorities of air cargo service providers and customers. The clear differences between the service ...
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Air quality and health research in a province producing oil and gas
The Canadian province of Alberta is a major world producer of oil and gas. It is therefore vested in issues of air quality and health, which are in turn driven by fossil fuel combustion. The scientific community within the province provides the capacity to address these issues and in order to remain current needs to be actively engaged in research. Air quality is generally very good in Alberta. ...
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Machine Learning (ML) boosts performance of low-cost air quality sensors
Recent research using Praxis/Urban air quality instruments has investigated the use of ML data correction methods to improve field performance of these devices, which use low-cost air quality sensors. The research, published just this month, covers sensing data for NO2, PM10 and PM2.5, read the paper ...
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Multiple Instruments Work Together for a Better View of Air Quality
Accurately identifying and quantifying particulate matter (PM) in the atmosphere is key to determining air quality. Researchers are particularly interested in PM that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers because they are believed to contribute to heart and lung disease in humans and animals. These tiny particles are invisible to the naked eye and originate from power plants, fires, and ...
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Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda
Uganda is one of only 10 African countries with a national access to information (ATI) law. These types of laws are essential to human rights, providing citizens with legal access to the government-held information that directly impacts them—information on issues like mining permits, logging concessions, air quality data, and more. But as researchers are learning, ATI laws on the books do ...
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Sensor Data reproducibility for enhanced data accuracy
Sensor data reproducibility is used to quantify the data quality achieved by low-cost sensors. Air quality monitoring systems used for pollutant measurement across urban and industrial areas entail numerous benefits. They provide policymakers and air quality researchers with sound solutions to fill knowledge gaps. These gaps refer to the lack of reliable data from regulatory monitors as well as ...
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Airora technology meets & exceeds indoor air quality safety (IAQ) standards
Airora product development has continually focused on safety. In June 2020, the Airora Professional PAW100/500 product passed an IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) test at the UK's Building Research Establishment (BRE) with flying colours. The IAQ test measured the amounts of some potentially harmful substances in the ambient air (representing a typical room) before and after using Airora Professional. ...
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Air quality assessment in the EU: room for improvement?
Different modelling approaches are used to design and assess air quality plans across Europe. This study assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these different approaches. The researchers conclude that a large variety of models is in use, without a preferred or standard model having emerged yet. They identify integrating local-scale and large-scale models and verifying models with measurements ...
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Towards use of grids in environmental research, management and policy
The emerging technology of the grid will enable distributed "virtual organisations" to flexibly share resources including data, software, hardware and expertise. Potential applications in urban air quality illustrate that in addition to underpinning scientific research, grid technology can contribute strongly to environmental monitoring, decision-making and policy-making. Amongst factors that ...
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Remote sensing of emissions: new technologies and recent work
The Second International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Emissions: New Technologies and Recent Work was held April 1-3, 2008. The workshop was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards at Research Triangle Park (RTP), Office of Research and Development (RTP), and Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (HQ). At the workshop, ...
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This Designer Is Cleaning Up City Smog and Turning It into Jewelry
A Dutch designer has created a new tower to filter city smog and — hopefully — help end China’s air pollution problem. China’s ongoing struggle with smog is notorious. Rapid industrialization paired with an initial lack of environmental oversight has created the perfect environment for poor air quality, thanks to the particulate matter churned out by cars and fossil fuel ...
By Camfil Ltd
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How can air quality forecasting help reduce pollution exposure
It is now a well-established fact that exposure to poor air quality leads to serious health conditions. These health impacts on populations have led to a massive economic burden on economies around the world. This impact can be minimized by reducing our exposure to air pollution. We can do this by leveraging the latest technology which is available to us. One of the best ways of doing that is ...
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DOAS Explained
DOAS stands for Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy. The DOAS technique was conceived almost a century ago, and it was applied on research level to air quality monitoring already in the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, the technology was then commercialised and turned into practical and wide-spread use. The acronym DOAS itself reveals quite a lot of what it is about. ...
By OPSIS AB
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Evaluation of soil protection aspects in certain programmes of measures adopted by member states
The Communication ‘Towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection’ (COM 2002/179 final) paved the way towards a common EU soil policy. In addition, the Commission commented on the inter-relationship of soil protection with other areas of Community policy (the Nitrates Directive and Water Framework Directive, the Air Quality Directive, the Common Agricultural Policy, Transport Policy and Research ...
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Learn how the Technical University of Gabrovo use big sensory data to find trends using advanced AI algorithms - Case study
Grant researchers with all instrumentation and data needed for effective science in the field of environmental science and air quality In the last years, Environmental science started to become a priority topic for many research groups around the globe. Both because it has high level of complexity that requires solid intellectual resources from academia, but also because there are still many ...
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Indoor Climate Control Wiki
Indoors climate control wiki generally refers to houses, offices, industries, movie theaters, restaurants, shopping malls, cars, ships, and planes. Because different air pollution sources are exhausted indoors or outdoors continuously or from time to time, the pollutants will be accumulated in sealed places under the circumstances of poor atmospheric conditions, doing harm to the health. When ...
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COPERT 4 — Estimating emissions from road transport
COPERT for European policy COPERT is closely linked to a number of modelling tools used to inform policymaking. GAINS Data from COPERT are included in the GAINS integrated assessment model used by the UNECE LRTAP Convention and the European Commission to identify cost effective pollutant mitigation strategies that take into account synergies and trade-offs between the control of local and ...
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Influence of sea-land breezes on the tempospatial distribution of atmospheric aerosols over coastal region
The influence of sea-land breezes (SLBs) on the spatial distribution and temporal variation of particulate matter (PM) in the atmosphere was investigated over coastal Taiwan. PM was simultaneously sampled at inland and offshore locations during three intensive sampling periods. The intensive PM sampling protocol was continuously conducted over a 48-hr period. During this time, PM2.5 and ...
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How does air pollution affect outdoor sports?
HIGHLIGHTS Research has shown the effects of air quality on health and athletic performance. In 2018, World Athletics began a campaign to raise awareness on the importance of air quality, a project in which Kunak provides its monitoring solutions. Kunak’s equipment has been tested at numerous sport events such as the Mexico City or Valencia marathons. Citius, altius, ...
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