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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Development of Drone-Mounted Multiple Sensing System with Advanced Mobility for In Situ Atmospheric Measurement: A Case Study Focusing on PM

Hirokazu Madokoro, Osamu Kiguchi, Takeshi Nagayoshi, Takashi Chiba, Makoto Inoue, Shun Chiyonobu, Stephanie Nix, Hanwool Woo, Kazuhito Sato

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Hirokazu MadokoroFaculty of Software and Information Science, Iwate Prefectural University, Takizawa 020-0693, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5485-2928
Osamu KiguchiFaculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan.
Takeshi NagayoshiFaculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan.
Takashi ChibaCollege of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu 069-0851, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6431-3645
Makoto InoueFaculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6826-5334
Shun ChiyonobuGraduate School of International Resource Sciences, Akita University, Akita 010-8502, Japan.
Stephanie NixFaculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, Yurihonjo 015-0055, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7660-0721
Hanwool WooInstitute of Engineering Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8586-4304
Kazuhito SatoFaculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, Yurihonjo 015-0055, Japan.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 17K00384
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was conducted using a drone with advanced mobility to develop a unified sensor and communication system as a new platform for in situ atmospheric measurements. As a major cause of air pollution, particulate matter (PM) has been attracting attention globally. We developed a small, lightweight, simple, and cost-effective multi-sensor system for multiple measurements of atmospheric phenomena and related environmental information. For in situ local area measurements, we used a long-range wireless communication module with real-time monitoring and visualizing software applications. Moreover, we developed four prototype brackets with optimal assignment of sensors, devices, and a camera for mounting on a drone as a unified system platform. Results of calibration experiments, when compared to data from two upper-grade PM2.5 sensors, demonstrated that our sensor system followed the overall tendencies and changes. We obtained original datasets after conducting flight measurement experiments at three sites with differing surrounding environments. The experimentally obtained prediction results matched regional PM2.5 trends obtained using long short-term memory (LSTM) networks trained using the respective datasets.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental MonitoringParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate Matterdronein situ atmospheric measurementlong short-term memoryLoRaPM2.5

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PMID34300619
PMCPMC8309946

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