A mobile car monitoring system as a supplementary tool for air quality monitoring in urban and rural environments: the case study from Poland
Abstract Living in healthy environment should be regarded as a primary human right and not a privilege rendered to chosen ones. For that reason, a national air monitoring grid should be as extensive as possible. Unfortunately, small towns and villages, which are also exposed to air pollution episode...
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| author | Mikita Maslouski Elżbieta Jarosz-Krzemińska Paweł Jagoda Ewa Adamiec |
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| description | Abstract Living in healthy environment should be regarded as a primary human right and not a privilege rendered to chosen ones. For that reason, a national air monitoring grid should be as extensive as possible. Unfortunately, small towns and villages, which are also exposed to air pollution episodes are not commonly covered by monitoring grid. Fixed air monitoring systems have their limitations, which can be overcome by e.g., properly validated, reliable but cheaper mobile monitoring systems. The aim of this study was to assess the use of a car mobile PM10 monitoring system to study ambient air quality in rural communities surrounding Kraków, not covered by fixed monitoring grid. A monitoring dataset was collected during 6 winter car campaigns conducted between December 2021 and March 2022. Except for providing multiple monitoring data, the main goal pertain to methodological aspect of the mobile system, including its validation, indicating its advantages, limitations as well as providing recommendations for the future mobile studies. Our car mobile monitoring system was useful in identifying a local hot-spots with good spatial and temporal resolution, thus giving the local government decision-making tool for taking appropriate action in places not included in national monitoring grid. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23a7a572d6804ccfa315ffd3551600e52023-11-19T13:09:27ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-09-0113111010.1038/s41598-023-43095-wA mobile car monitoring system as a supplementary tool for air quality monitoring in urban and rural environments: the case study from PolandMikita Maslouski0Elżbieta Jarosz-Krzemińska1Paweł Jagoda2Ewa Adamiec3Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of HamburgAGH University of KrakowKrakow Smog Alert AssociationAGH University of KrakowAbstract Living in healthy environment should be regarded as a primary human right and not a privilege rendered to chosen ones. For that reason, a national air monitoring grid should be as extensive as possible. Unfortunately, small towns and villages, which are also exposed to air pollution episodes are not commonly covered by monitoring grid. Fixed air monitoring systems have their limitations, which can be overcome by e.g., properly validated, reliable but cheaper mobile monitoring systems. The aim of this study was to assess the use of a car mobile PM10 monitoring system to study ambient air quality in rural communities surrounding Kraków, not covered by fixed monitoring grid. A monitoring dataset was collected during 6 winter car campaigns conducted between December 2021 and March 2022. Except for providing multiple monitoring data, the main goal pertain to methodological aspect of the mobile system, including its validation, indicating its advantages, limitations as well as providing recommendations for the future mobile studies. Our car mobile monitoring system was useful in identifying a local hot-spots with good spatial and temporal resolution, thus giving the local government decision-making tool for taking appropriate action in places not included in national monitoring grid.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43095-w |
| spellingShingle | Mikita Maslouski Elżbieta Jarosz-Krzemińska Paweł Jagoda Ewa Adamiec A mobile car monitoring system as a supplementary tool for air quality monitoring in urban and rural environments: the case study from Poland Scientific Reports |
| title | A mobile car monitoring system as a supplementary tool for air quality monitoring in urban and rural environments: the case study from Poland |
| title_full | A mobile car monitoring system as a supplementary tool for air quality monitoring in urban and rural environments: the case study from Poland |
| title_fullStr | A mobile car monitoring system as a supplementary tool for air quality monitoring in urban and rural environments: the case study from Poland |
| title_full_unstemmed | A mobile car monitoring system as a supplementary tool for air quality monitoring in urban and rural environments: the case study from Poland |
| title_short | A mobile car monitoring system as a supplementary tool for air quality monitoring in urban and rural environments: the case study from Poland |
| title_sort | mobile car monitoring system as a supplementary tool for air quality monitoring in urban and rural environments the case study from poland |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43095-w |
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