Autonomous Mobile Air Quality Platforms: Measuring Pollution On The Run

Abstract

We developed a wireless Mobile Autonomous Air Quality Sensor box (MAAQSbox) to measure air pollution. The MAAQSbox will hold LCMAQM sensors (gas and particle) and a wireless broadcasting system, both available on the market. The MAAQSbox holds five gas sensors and two particle sensors. The gas sensors measure atmospheric concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO), ground-level ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitric oxide (NO), and carbon dioxide (CO2). The particle sensors include an Optical Particle Monitor (OPC) that measures PM1, PM2.5, and PM10 and a Partector that measures the lung-deposited nanoparticle surface area (LDSA)