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Airborne particulate matter monitoring in Kenya using calibrated low-cost sensors
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK
Michael Gatari
Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
David Ng'ang'a
Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Alexander Poynter
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK
Rhiannon Blake
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK
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Low- and middle-income countries face an increasing threat from poor air quality, stemming from rapid urbanization, population growth, and rises in fuel and motorization use. This paper presents high temporal resolution particulate matter (PM) data, using low-cost sensors, for the exemplar city of Nairobi, Kenya, where PM levels are found to be much greater than WHO recommendations. The study shows that calibrated low-cost sensors can be successfully used to measure PM in cities like Nairobi.
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