The EPA’s Enhanced Air Sensor Guidebook
Recognizing the ever-increasing availability of sensors, expanding scientific knowledge, and availability of best practices to support sensor use, the U.S. EPA significantly updated the 2014 Guidebook. The refreshed version, The Enhanced Air Sensor Guidebook, includes updated content and new topics that incorporate best practices, current knowledge, and recommendations on sensors.
The goal of the enhanced Guidebook is to support users in planning and collecting air quality measurements using air sensors. This Guidebook can help sensor users:
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- Learn the basics of air quality, air pollution monitoring, and air sensors
- Plan and conduct an air quality monitoring study
- Select, setup, and use air sensors
- Analyze, interpret, communicate, and act on results
- Understand the basics of air sensor performance
The enhanced Guidebook also contains expanded resources and content in the Appendices including: 1) General resources (e.g., air quality information, air sensor performance, data analysis tools), 2) a list of ‘Questions to Consider when Planning, Collecting, and Sharing Your Data’ to prepare sensor users for questions to expect from others, 3) Checklists for quickly determining how to select sensors, items to look for in a user manual, and maintaining air sensors, 4) information on data handling and the Air Quality Index, 5) education on Interpreting Sensor Performance Evaluation Results, and 6) a glossary of terms used in the guidebook.
