期刊
SENSORS
卷 20, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s20051347
关键词
urban air pollution; PM10; real-time monitoring; low-cost sensors; data merging tool; data validation
资金
- Indo-United States Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) [IUSSTF/WAQM-Air Quality Project-IIT Kanpur/2017]
In the present study, we assessed for the first time the performance of our custom-designed low-cost Particulate Matter (PM) monitoring devices (Atmos) in measuring PM10 concentrations. We examined the ambient PM10 levels during an intense measurement campaign at two sites in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR), India. In this study, we validated the un-calibrated Atmos for measuring ambient PM10 concentrations at highly polluted monitoring sites. PM10 concentration from Atmos, containing laser scattering-based Plantower PM sensor, was comparable with that measured from research-grade scanning mobility particle sizers (SMPS) in combination with optical particle sizers (OPS) and aerodynamic particle sizers (APS). The un-calibrated sensors often provided accurate PM10 measurements, particularly in capturing real-time hourly concentrations variations. Quantile-Quantile plots (QQ-plots) for data collected during the selected deployment period showed positively skewed PM10 datasets. Strong Spearman's rank-order correlations (r(s) = 0.64-0.83) between the studied instruments indicated the utility of low-cost Plantower PM sensors in measuring PM10 in the real-world context. Additionally, the heat map for weekly datasets demonstrated high R-2 values, establishing the efficacy of PM sensor in PM10 measurement in highly polluted environmental conditions.
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