How to Evaluate Air Sensors for Smoke Monitoring Webinar Archive
This webinar, recorded on February 16, 2022, focuses on evaluation of air sensors for smoke monitoring applications.
In recent years, data from fine particulate matter (PM2.5) sensors have become an invaluable tool for communicating air quality risk to the public during wildfire smoke episodes and broadening our understanding of the sometimes local nature and often extreme air quality impacts from wildfire smoke. The current EPA performance targets for PM2.5 provide a solid foundation for the evaluation of air sensors, but do not capture all the complexities of using sensors for smoke monitoring applications.
The webinar builds on the performance targets with best practices for evaluating air sensors over a wide concentration range, over multiple locations, and in network applications. Many of these lessons learned come from several years of using sensors for this application and from almost two years of including sensor data on the AirNow Fire and Smoke map.
How to Evaluate Air Sensors for Smoke Monitoring Applications Webinar Recording
How to Evaluate Air Sensors for Smoke Monitoring Applications Webinar Slides (pdf)