Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Breathe Baltimore Pilot Project

Calibration Station Air Quality Tracker

This document shows air quality being recorded at the SERC Dock in real time.

Our system reports data from three devices, a Vaisala AQT560 and two “DIY” units developed for Breathe Baltimore. The first “DIY” unit is new, with fresh out of the box i2c sensors. The second “DIY” unit is a sensor cluster from a Breathe Baltimore Pilot Site that has been operating in the field for anywhere between 6 months to a year. This station will help us track the performance of the “DIY” units against the industrial standard, as well as track the performance of a long term deployed unit against a new assembly.

Plots


below are plots tracking each pollutant


Below is a plot of the hourly PM 2.5 average AQI


Below is a plot of the hourly pm 10 average AQI


Below is a plot of the hourly ozone average AQI


Below is the Arduino Ozone Data plotted with the Vaisala


Below is the Arduino PM 2.5 Data plotted with the Vaisala


Below is the Arduino pm 10 Data plotted with the Vaisala