Workshop
COMPAIR webinar: Plugging urban data gaps with citizen science (2)
Affordable sensing devices can widen and deepen air quality monitoring by targeting areas not covered by official measurements. However, low-cost sensors have been criticised for producing data of questionable quality. The webinar will explain how this issue was tackled in COMPAIR using a distant, cloud-based calibration algorithm. Another issue that can affect citizen driven air quality monitoring is network connectivity. Some low-cost sensors depend on specific network standards, such as NB-IoT, for data transfer. During the webinar, COMPAIR will share recommendations for minimising disruption to citizen science in cities where the necessary IoT infrastructure is lacking. Finally, the webinar will show how the integration of diverse data sources, including traffic counts, into citizen science can lead to a more holistic policy impact assessment.
This is the second webinar in a series of three, organised by COMPAIR to help cities unlock the science.