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Air Quality Partnership Project in Cheverly, Maryland
Description
Case study of a partnership between Maryland Department of the Environment and Cheverly, Maryland to use data from a hyper-local air sensor network and local traffic data to target air emissions inspections.
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What is the impact of targeted inspections for mobile and stationary sources on air quality?
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This case study provides information on the targeted inspection initiative, how PM sensor data was used to characterized linkages between air quality and traffic, and analysis of how the initiative affected PM air quality.
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The case study analysis provides summary information from a PurpleAir PM2.5 sensor network, and makes use of Google Maps traffic data to correlated PM2.5 with traffic volume. The study also conducted a "hot spot" analysis using PM data, wind data, and source locations.