Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4617-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4617-2021
Research article
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22 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 22 Jun 2021

Development and application of a United States-wide correction for PM2.5 data collected with the PurpleAir sensor

Karoline K. Barkjohn, Brett Gantt, and Andrea L. Clements

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Dataset Development and Application of a United States wide correction for PM2.5 data collected with the PurpleAir sensor, U.S Karoline Barkjohn https://doi.org/10.23719/1522388

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Development and Application of a United States wide correction for PurpleAir PM2.5 data Karoline Barkjohn https://youtu.be/9CT9Tybd6UQ

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Although widely used, air sensor measurements are often biased. In this work we develop a correction with a relative humidity term that reduces the bias and improves consistency between different United States regions. This correction equation, along with proposed data cleaning criteria, has been applied to PurpleAir PM2.5 measurements across the US on the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map and has the potential to be successfully used in other air quality and public health applications.