Sviluppo di metodi e algoritmi per il monitoraggio atmosferico con sensori compatti

Development of methods and algorithms for atmospheric monitoring by compact sensors

Collaborazioni / Collaborations:

  • EMPA Swiss Federal Labs for Materials Science and Technology, Duebendorf, CH
  • National Observatory of Athens, GR
  • ISAC – CNR, Bologna, IT

Obiettivi:

  • Stima della prestazioni di sensori elettrochimici a basso costo per il monitoraggio della qualità dell’aria in aree urbane
  • Mappatura mobile di assorbimento di radiazione da aerosol in zone urbane
  • Analisi di protocolli di calibrazione per reti di sensori e procedure di controllo qualità del dato

Goals:

  • Performance assessment of low cost electrochemical sensors for air quality monitoring in urban areas
  • Mobile mapping of aerosol absorption in urban areas
  • Analysis of calibration protocols for sensor networks and of their QA/QC procedures

Selected publications

  • Baruah, A.; Bousiotis, D.; Damayanti, S.; Bigi, A.; Ghermandi, G.; Ghaffarpasand, O.; Harrison, R. M. & Pope, F. D. A novel spatiotemporal prediction approach to fill air pollution data gaps using mobile sensors, machine learning and citizen science techniques, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Nature Publishing Group, 7, 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00859-z, 2024.
  • Baruah, A.; Zivan, O.; Bigi, A. & Ghermandi, G. Evaluation of low-cost gas sensors to quantify intra-urban variability of atmospheric pollutants, Environmental Science: Atmospheres, RSC, 3, 830-841, https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2EA00165A, 2023.
  • Bigi, A., Veratti, G., Andrews, E., Collaud Coen, M., Guerrieri, L., Bernardoni, V., Massabò, D., Ferrero, L., Teggi, S., and Ghermandi, G.: Aerosol absorption using in situ filter-based photometers and ground-based sun photometry in the Po Valley urban atmosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 14841–14869, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14841-2023, 2023.
  • Bigi, A., Mueller, M., Grange, S. K., Ghermandi, G., and Hueglin, C.: Performance of NO, NO2 low cost sensors and three calibration approaches within a real world application, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3717-3735, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3717-2018, 2018.
  • Baruah, A., Zivan, O., Bigi, A. and Ghermandi, G.: Evaluation of low-cost gas sensors to quantify intra-urban variability of atmospheric pollutants. Environ. Sci. Atmos, https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2EA00165A, 2023