title: The changing paradigm of air pollution monitoring.
abstract: The air pollution monitoring paradigm is rapidly changing due to recent advances in (1) the development of portable, lower-cost air pollution sensors reporting data in near-real time at a high-time resolution, (2) increased computational and visualization capabilities, and (3) wireless communication/infrastructure. It is possible that these advances can support traditional air quality monitoring by supplementing ambient air monitoring and enhancing compliance monitoring. Sensors are beginning to provide individuals and communities the tools needed to understand their environmental exposures with these data individual and community-based strategies can be developed to reduce pollution exposure as well as understand linkages to health indicators. Each of these areas as well as corresponding challenges (e.g., quality of data) and potential opportunities associated with development and implementation of air pollution sensors are discussed.
authors: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711, United States.
authors: Emily G
authors: EG
authors: Snyder
authors: Timothy H
authors: TH
authors: Watkins
authors: Paul A
authors: PA
authors: Solomon
authors: Eben D
authors: ED
authors: Thoma
authors: Ronald W
authors: RW
authors: Williams
authors: Gayle S W
authors: GS
authors: Hagler
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Shelow
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Hindin
authors: Vasu J
authors: VJ
authors: Kilaru
authors: Peter W
authors: PW
authors: Preuss
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012111:Residence Characteristics
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants