Blar i Vitenskapelige publikasjoner på forfatter "Castell, Nuria"
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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 ... -
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, ... -
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) -
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 ... -
Public Perception of Urban Air Quality Using Volunteered GeographicInformation Services
Grossberndt, Sonja; Schneider, Philipp; Liu, Hai-Ying; Fredriksen, Mirjam; Castell, Nuria; Syropoulou, Panagiota; Bartonova, Alena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Investigating perceived air quality (AQ) in urban areas is a rather new topic of interest. Papers presenting results from studies on perception of AQ have thus far focused on the individual characteristics leading to a ... -
Reassessing the role of urban green space in air pollution control
Venter, Zander; Hassani, Amirhossein; Stange, Erik; Schneider, Philipp; Castell, Nuria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The assumption that vegetation improves air quality is prevalent in scientific, popular, and political discourse. However, experimental and modeling studies show the effect of green space on air pollutant concentrations ... -
Tackling Data Quality When Using Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors in Citizen Science Projects
Watne, Ågot K.; Linden, Jenny; Willhelmsson, Jens; Fridén, Håkan; Gustafsson, Malin; Castell, Nuria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Using low-cost air quality sensors (LCS) in citizen science projects opens many possibilities. LCS can provide an opportunity for the citizens to collect and contribute with their own air quality data. However, low data ... -
The role of air quality modelling in particulate matter management in cities. Results from the air implementation pilot.
Castell, Nuria; Guerreiro, Cristina; Denby, Bruce; González Ortiz, Alberto (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
Transformative Potential and Learning Outcomes of Air Quality Citizen Science Projects in High Schools Using Low-Cost Sensors
Grossberndt, Sonja; Passani, Antonella; Di Lisio, Giulia; Janssen, Anneli; Castell, Nuria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The rise of advanced ICT technologies has made it possible to apply low-cost sensor systems for measuring air quality in citizen science projects, including education. High school students in Norway used these sensor systems ... -
Uncertainties in assessing the environmental impact of amine emissions from a CO2 capture plant
Karl, Matthias; Castell, Nuria; Simpson, David; Solberg, Sverre; Starrfelt, Jostein; Svendby, Tove Marit; Walker, Sam-Erik; Wright, Richard Frederic (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)In this study, a new model framework that couples the atmospheric chemistry transport model system WRF-EMEP and the multimedia fugacity level III model was used to assess the environmental impact of amine emissions to air ...