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Low- and Medium-Cost Sensors for Tropospheric Ozone Monitoring—Results of an Evaluation Study in Wrocław, Poland
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Badura, Marek Batog, Piotr Drzeniecka-Osiadacz, Anetta Modzel, Piotr |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | The paper presents the results of a 1.5-year evaluation study of low- and medium-cost ozone sensors. The tests covered electrochemical sensors: SensoriC O3 3E 1 (City Technology) and semiconductor gas sensors: SM50 OZU (Aeroqual), SP3-61-00 (FIS) and MQ131 (Winsen). Three copies of each sensor were enclosed in a measurement box and placed near the reference analyser (MLU 400). In the case of SensoriC O3 3E 1 sensors, the $R^{2}$ values for the 1-h data were above 0.90 for the first 9 months of deployment, but a performance deterioration was observed in the subsequent months $(R^{2}$ ≈ 0.6), due to sensor ageing processes. High linear relationships were observed for the SM50 devices $(R^{2}$ > 0.94), but some periodic data offsets were reported, making regular checking and recalibration necessary. Power-law functions were used in the case of SP3-61-00 $(R^{2}$ = 0.6–0.7) and MQ131 $(R^{2}$ = 0.4–0.7). Improvements in the fittings were observed for models that included temperature and relative humidity data. In the case of SP3-61-00, the $R^{2}$ values increased to above 0.82, while for MQ131 they increased to above 0.86. The study also showed that the measurement uncertainty of tested sensors meets the EU Directive 2008/50/EC requirements for indicative measurements and, in some cases, even for fixed measurements. |
| Starting Page | 542 |
| e-ISSN | 20734433 |
| DOI | 10.3390/atmos13040542 |
| Journal | Atmosphere |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-03-29 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Atmosphere Marine Engineering Air Pollution Air-quality Monitoring Calibration Measurement Uncertainty |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
