NanoSen-AQM: From Sensors to Users

Abstract

With the raising of environmental concerns regarding pollution, interest in monitoring air quality is increasing. However, air pollution data is mostly originated from a limited number of government-owned sensors, which can only capture a small fraction of reality. Improving air quality coverage in-volves reducing the cost of sensors and making data widely available to the public. To this end, the NanoSen-AQM project proposes the usage of low-cost nano-sensors as the basis for an air quality monitoring platform, capa-ble of collecting, aggregating, processing, storing, and displaying air quality data. Being an end-to-end system, the platform allows sensor owners to manage their sensors, as well as define calibration functions, that can im-prove data reliability. The public can visualize sensor data in a map, define specific clusters (groups of sensors) as favorites and set alerts in the event of bad air quality in certain sensors. The NanoSen-AQM platform provides easy access to air quality data, with the aim of improving public health.

A Novel Bike-Mounted Sensing Device with Cloud Connectivity for Dynamic Air-Quality Monitoring by Urban Cyclists

“…In addition, the devices send the concentration data to a cloud platform developed by the University of Coimbra and the University of Evora within the framework of the European NanoSen-AQM project [ 20 , 21 ]. This platform was developed so that users can have access to the collected data and accurate information on the quality of the air around them.…”

Low-Cost Air Quality Measurement System Based on Electrochemical and PM Sensors with Cloud Connection

“…The server is a platform developed within the framework of the NanoSen-AQM project by the University of Coimbra and the University of Evora [ 39 , 40 ]. This platform allows the user to have public access to air quality data via a web browser or mobile application [ 41 , 42 ].…”