Development and field validation of a community-engaged particulate matter air quality monitoring network in Imperial, California, USA.

ABSTRACT: The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network was developed as part of a community-engaged research study to provide real-time particulate matter (PM) air quality information at a high spatial resolution in Imperial County, California. The network augmented the few existing regulatory monitors and increased monitoring near susceptible populations. Monitors were both calibrated and field validated, a key component of evaluating the quality of the data produced by the community monitoring network. This paper examines the performance of a customized version of the low-cost Dylos optical particle counter used in the community air monitors compared with both PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters <2.5 and <10 μm, respectively) federal equivale

SUBMITTER: Carvlin GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6179905 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature