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Research article
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17 Oct 2017
Research article |
| 17 Oct 2017
Design of an ozone and nitrogen dioxide sensor unit and its long-term operation within a sensor network in the city of Zurich
Michael Mueller
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland
Jonas Meyer
Decentlab GmbH, Duebendorf, Switzerland
Christoph Hueglin
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland
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Short summary
This study describes the design of a sensor unit featuring NO2 and O3 sensors for applications such as ambient air quality monitoring. The paper presents the sensor calibration, the testing procedure and the long-term deployment of the sensor units in the city of Zurich.
Main conclusions are the necessity of a proper mathematical description of the sensors as well as a concept to monitor sensor performance during operation, e.g. by linking low-cost sensors to traditional infrastructure.
This study describes the design of a sensor unit featuring NO2 and O3 sensors for applications...
