Distributed multi-scale calibration of low-cost ozone sensors in wireless sensor networks

New advances in sensor technologies and communications in wireless sensor networks have favored the introduction of low-cost sensors for monitoring air quality applications. In this article, we present the results of the European project H2020 CAPTOR, where three testbeds with sensors were deployed...

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Autores: Barceló-Ordinas, José María, Ferrer-Cid, Pau, García-Vidal, Jorge, Ripoll, Anna, Viana, Mar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/200321
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/200321
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Air pollution sensors
Calibration
Error estimation
Low-cost sensors
Wireless sensor networks
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Sumario:New advances in sensor technologies and communications in wireless sensor networks have favored the introduction of low-cost sensors for monitoring air quality applications. In this article, we present the results of the European project H2020 CAPTOR, where three testbeds with sensors were deployed to capture tropospheric ozone concentrations. One of the biggest challenges was the calibration of the sensors, as the manufacturer provides them without calibrating. Throughout the paper, we show how short-term calibration using multiple linear regression produces good calibrated data, but instead produces biases in the calculated long-term concentrations. To mitigate the bias, we propose a linear correction based on Kriging estimation of the mean and standard deviation of the long-term ozone concentrations, thus correcting the bias presented by the sensors. © 2019, MDPI AG. All rights reserved.