Browsing NILU Brage by Author "Castell, Nuria"
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Air quality and transport behaviour: sensors, field, and survey data from Warsaw, Poland
Hassani, Amirhossein; Nicińska, Anna; Drabicki, Arkadiusz; Zawojska, Ewa; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Kula, Grzegorz; Grythe, Henrik; Zawieska, Jakub; Jaczewska, Joanna; Rachubik, Joanna; Archanowicz-Kudelska, Katarzyna; Zagorska, Katarzyna; Grzenda, Maciej; Kubecka, Magdalena; Luckner, Marcin; Jakubczyk, Michał; Wolański, Michał; Castell, Nuria; Gora, Paweł; Skedsmo, Pål Wilter; Rożynek, Satia; Horosiewicz, Szymon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The present study describes the data sets produced in Warsaw, Poland with the aim of developing tools and methods for the implementation of human-centred and data-driven solutions to the enhancement of sustainable mobility ... -
Air quality in Sandefjord, Norway. November 2021 – August 2023.
Salamalikis, Vasileios; Castell, Nuria (NILU report;1/2024, Research report, 2024)This report examines the air quality patterns in terms of particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) in Sandefjord, Norway. PM2.5 was monitored through five low-cost sensors in hourly resolution from ... -
Air quality mitigation in European cities: Status and challenges ahead
Viana, Mar; de Leeuw, Frank; Bartonova, Alena; Castell, Nuria; Öztürk, Evrim Dogan; Ortiz, Alberto González (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Cities are currently at the core of air quality (AQ) improvement. The present work provides an overview of AQ management strategies and outcomes in 10 European cities (Antwerp, Berlin, Dublin, Madrid, Malmö, Milan, Paris, ... -
Assessment of air quality microsensors versus reference methods: The EuNetAir joint exercise
Borrego, C.; Costa, A.M.; Ginja, J.; Amorim, M.; Coutinho, M.; Karatzas, K.; Sioumis, Th.; Katsifarakis, N.; Konstantinidis, K.; De Vito, S.; Esposito, E.; Smith, P.; Andre, N.; Gerard, P.; Francis, L.A.; Castell, Nuria; Schneider, Philipp; Viana, M.; Minguillon, M.C.; Reimringer, W.; Otjes, R.P.; von Sicard, O.; Pohle, R.; Elen, B.; Suriano, D.; Pfister, V.; Prato, M.; Dipinto, S.; Penza, M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The 1st EuNetAir Air Quality Joint Intercomparison Exercise organized in Aveiro (Portugal) from 13th–27th October 2014, focused on the evaluation and assessment of environmental gas, particulate matter (PM) and meteorological ... -
Assessment of Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensor Systems against Optical and Gravimetric Methods in a Field Co-Location in Norway
Vogt, Matthias; Schneider, Philipp; Castell, Nuria; Hamer, Paul David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The increased availability of commercially-available low-cost air quality sensors combined with increased interest in their use by citizen scientists, community groups, and professionals is resulting in rapid adoption, ... -
Calibration of CO, NO2, and O3 Using Airify: A Low-Cost Sensor Cluster for Air Quality Monitoring
Ionascu, Marian-Emanuel; Castell, Nuria; Boncalo, Oana; Schneider, Philipp; Darie, Marius; Marcu, Marius (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)During the last decade, extensive research has been carried out on the subject of low-cost sensor platforms for air quality monitoring. A key aspect when deploying such systems is the quality of the measured data. Calibration ... -
Can commercial low-cost sensor platforms contribute to air quality monitoring and exposure estimates?
Castell, Nuria; Dauge, Franck Rene; Schneider, Philipp; Vogt, Matthias; Lerner, Uri; Fishbain, Barak; Broday, David M.; Bartonova, Alena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The emergence of low-cost, user-friendly and very compact air pollution platforms enable observations at high spatial resolution in near-real-time and provide new opportunities to simultaneously enhance existing monitoring ... -
Citi-Sense-MOB. Conceptual services design document.
Liu, Hai-Ying; Berre, Arne-Jørgen; Cagatay, Erol; Noll, Josef; Kobernus, Michael John; Castell, Nuria; Fayyad, Seraj; Khattak, Wesal (NILU OR;19/2014, Research report, 2014)This report gives an overview of the service system design, requirements, specifications and architecture for the main products – Citi-Sense-MOB Citizen Observatory Toolbox (COT), which comprises of a series of applications ... -
Citizen-operated mobile low-cost sensors for urban PM2.5 monitoring: field calibration, uncertainty estimation, and application
Hassani, Amirhossein; Castell, Nuria; Watne, Ågot K.; Schneider, Philipp (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Research communities, engagement campaigns, and administrative agents are increasingly valuing low-cost air-quality monitoring technologies, despite data quality concerns. Mobile low-cost sensors have already been used for ... -
Deployment and Evaluation of a Network of Open Low-Cost Air Quality Sensor Systems
Schneider, Philipp; Haugen, Rolf; Hassani, Amirhossein; Castell, Nuria; Dauge, Franck Rene; Bartonova, Alena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Low-cost air quality sensors have the potential to complement the regulatory network of air quality monitoring stations, with respect to increased spatial density of observations, however, their data quality continues to ... -
Implementing Citizen Science in Primary Schools: Engaging Young Children in Monitoring Air Pollution
Castell, Nuria; Grossberndt, Sonja; Gray, Laura; Fredriksen, Mirjam; Skaar, Jøran Solnes; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Most European cities have air pollution levels that exceed the threshold for human health protection. Children are sensitive to air pollution and thus it is important to ensure they are not exposed to high concentrations ... -
Localized real-time information on outdoor air quality at kindergartens in Oslo, Norway using low-cost sensor nodes
Castell, Nuria; Schneider, Philipp; Grossberndt, Sonja; Fredriksen, Mirjam; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Vogt, Matthias; Bartonova, Alena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018) -
Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors for Monitoring Residential Wood Burning
Hassani, Amirhossein; Schneider, Philipp; Vogt, Matthias; Castell, Nuria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Conventional monitoring systems for air quality, such as reference stations, provide reliable pollution data in urban settings but only at relatively low spatial density. This study explores the potential of low-cost sensor ... -
Low-cost sensors and Machine Learning aid in identifying environmental factors affecting particulate matter emitted by household heating
Hassani, Amirhossein; Bykuć, Sebastian; Schneider, Philipp; Zawadzki, Paweł; Chaja, Patryk; Castell, Nuria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Poland continues to rely heavily on coal and fossil fuels for household heating, despite efforts to reduce Particulate Matter (PM) levels. The availability of reliable air quality data is essential for policymakers, ... -
Low-cost sensors and networks. Overview of current status by the Norwegian Reference Laboratory for Air Quality.
Castell, Nuria (NILU report;15/2020, Research report, 2021)The increase of the commercial availability of low-cost sensor technology to monitor atmospheric composition is contributing to the rapid adoption of such technology by both public authorities and self-organized initiatives ... -
Mapping urban air quality in near real-time using observations from low-cost sensors and model information
Schneider, Philipp; Castell, Nuria; Vogt, Matthias; Dauge, Franck Rene; Lahoz, William A.; Bartonova, Alena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Modelling atmospheric oxidation of 2-aminoethanol (MEA) emitted from post-combustion capture using WRF-Chem
Karl, Matthias; Svendby, Tove Marit; Walker, Sam-Erik; Velken, Anna von Streng; Castell, Nuria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
NILU's Strategic Institute Initiatives (SIS) 2016
Aas, Wenche; Rundén-Pran, Elise; Breivik, Knut; Sundseth, Kyrre; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Castell, Nuria; Schlabach, Martin (NILU report; 12/2017, Research report, 2017)Each of NILU’s Strategic Institute Initiatives (SIS) is required to deliver a popular science report annually to the Research Council. This report contains NILU’s final reports for the SIS-projects that ended in 2016, and ... -
On the Robustness of Field calibration for Smart air quality monitors
De Vito, Saverio; Esposito, Elena; Castell, Nuria; Schneider, Philipp; Bartonova, Alena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The robustness of field calibrated Air Quality Multi-sensors (AQM) performances to long term and/or mobile operation is still debated. Though accuracy generally exceeds the one of laboratory calibrations models, experimental ... -
Oslo Citizens’ Observatory. Results from the Oslo Empowerment Initiative as part of the CITI-SENSE project.
Castell, Nuria; Grossberndt, Sonja (NILU report;26/2017, Research report, 2018)The CITI-SENSE project has been created to develop Citizens’ Observatories in different cities in Europe. By using a variety of low-cost sensors, citizens should be empowered to influence community policy and decision ...