Publications

Prøvetaking og bestemmelse av gassformig divalent kvikksølv (GDM).

Valdal, A.-K.; Berg, T.; Wibetoe, G.

Public air quality information and perception in eight cities: the CITI-SENSE empowerment initiative.

Cole-Hunter, T.; Berre, A.; Castell, N.; Fredriksen, M.F.; Robinson, J.; Santiago, L.; Lahoz, W.; Liu, H.-Y.; Martinez, T.; Schneider, P.; CITI-SENSE consortium, Aivalioti, S.; Grossberndt, S.; Keune, H.; Hurley, F.; Nieuwenhuijsen, M.; Bartonova, A.

Public empowerment in air quality monitoring. A critical example.

Grossberndt, S.; Castell, N.; Fredriksen, M.; Bartonova, A.

Public Perception of Urban Air Quality Using Volunteered Geographic Information Services

Grossberndt, Sonja; Schneider, Philipp; Liu, Hai-Ying; Fredriksen, Mirjam; Castell, Nuria; Syropoulou, Panagiota; Bartonova, Alena

Investigating perceived air quality (AQ) in urban areas is a rather new topic of interest. Papers presenting results from studies on perception of AQ have thus far focused on the individual characteristics leading to a certain AQ perception or have compared personal perception with on-site measurements. Here we present a novel approach, namely applying volunteered geographic information (VGI) technologies in urban AQ monitoring. We present two smartphone applications that have been developed and applied in two EU projects (FP7 CITI-SENSE and H2020 hackAIR) to obtain citizens’ perception of AQ. We focus on observations reported through the smartphone apps for the greater Oslo area in Norway. In order to evaluate whether the reports on perceived AQ contain information about the actual spatial patterns of AQ, we carried out a comparison of the perception data against the output from the high-resolution urban AQ model EPISODE. The results indicate an association between modelled annual average pollutant concentrations and the provided perception reports. This demonstrates that the spatial patterns of perceived AQ are not entirely random but follow to some extent what would be expected due to proximity of emission sources and transport. This information shows that VGI about citizens’ perception of AQ has the potential to identify areas with low environmental quality for urban development.

Public perception survey study on air quality issues in Wuhan, China.

Liu, H.; Kobernus, M.

Påsken starter med et sjeldent ozonhull

Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Svendby, Tove Marit (interview subjects); Høiness, Helle (journalist)

QA/QC criteria for the selection and quality classification of EUROAIRNET stations.

Helmis, C.G.; Larssen, S.; Aalst, R.v.; Manalis, N.; Lykoudis, S.

QADAK Mission 1, May-June 2005. NILU OR

Guerreiro, C.; Sivertsen, B.; Laupsa, H.

QADAK Mission 11 - GIS Component of Mission. GIS training and data preparation for AirQUIS. NILU OR

Randall, S.

QADAK mission 2, 3 - 12 October 2005. NILU OR

Guerreiro, C.; Sivertsen, B.; Laupsa, H.

QADAK Mission 3. 27 February - 10 March 2006. NILU OR

Guerreiro, C.; Sivertsen, B.; Laupsa, H.

QSAR of hydroxylated PCBs potency to inhibit estrogen sulfotransferase and a search for allosteric binding sites and mode of action.

Heimstad, E.S.; Andersson, P.L.

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of carbonyl compounds in ambient air samples by use of an HPLC-MSn method.

Brombacher, S.; Oehme, M.; Dye, C.