Published June 8, 2023 | Version v1

Dataset for "Exposure and environmental engagement: A pilot integrating wearable sensors, air quality and citizen science"

  • 1. European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter, UK
  • 2. Exeter HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre, University of Exeter, UK
  • 3. Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, UK
  • 4. School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK
  • 5. Energy Saving Trust, London, UK (previously Renewable Energy, University of Exeter, UK)

Description

The dataset contains anonymised readings of 7 citizens taking air quality measurements using PlumeLabs Flow 2 monitor. Data is for Falmouth/Penryn, and Bristol and it was collected between January 26, 2022 and March 9, 2022.

CSV file:

  • latitude: unit degrees, positive values indicate North hemisphere.
  • longitude, unit degrees, positive values indicate East.
  • AQI: PlumeLabs' Air Quality Index.
  • site: A refers to Falmouth/Penryn(UK), B refers to Bristol (UK).
  • count: auxiliary variable that indicates that the record was comprised of a single reading.

Jupyter notebook: The air quality analysis was conducted with Python 3.9.16 alongside numpy 1.24.3, pandas 2.0.2, matplotlib 3.7.1, and cartopy 0.21.1 (background tiles by OpenStreetMaps).

Notes

Funding was provided by the GW4 Crucible and the authors would like to thank the funding application reviewers and the administrators of the programme for their support.

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