[cleanairuk_news] Research project for owners of Air Quality Egg (air pollution monitor)

[Network for Clean Air]

Dear all,

Below is a message which was posted to the Air Quality Egg email list,  
and which I'm reposting here, in case there's anyone wanting to take  
part in the project which is described in the posting. By the way, if  
you're not familiar with the Air Quality Egg see:  
http://airqualityegg.com/ and  
http://airqualityegg.wikispaces.com/AirQualityEgg)

Thanks,

Andrew

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Dear all,

I work with Network for Clean Air in the UK. Recently, we received a  
grant for a number of projects using NO2 diffusion tubes. These diff.  
tubes are passive devices which allow the average level of NO2 to be  
assessed.  (This is a good background publication:  
http://laqm.defra.gov.uk/documents/802141004_NO2_WG_PracticalGuidance_Issue1a.pdf)

I'd like to find a few people who are interested in undertaking a  
research project which involves citing a NO2 gas diffusion tube next  
to the AQE. The idea is to use the NO2 data from the AQE, and compare  
it with that measured by the NO2 gas diffusion tube. Note: the diff.  
tube will only find the average concentrations of NO2 and not the  
peaks or lows. It should be relatively easy to calculate the average  
NO2 level from the AQE as the data is exported to COSM which is a  
public repository. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!).

If you're interested then could you let me know? Either via this list  
or email contact (at) cleanairuk.org

The project is limited to the UK as I'd need to send a diff. tube to  
each person taking part and there's a postage cost involved. There's  
no charge to take part and all of the data would be released to the  
public. I think it would be better if the AQE was sampling air outside  
rather than inside but I've no sense of how people are using their AQEs.

Any questions then please, go ahead and ask!

All the best,

Andrew Wood, Co-ordinator Network for Clean Air

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