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ArticleEnvironmental science: atmospheres2023

An analysis of degradation in low-cost particulate matter sensors.

Priyanka deSouza, Karoline Barkjohn, Andrea Clements, Jenny Lee, Ralph Kahn, Ben Crawford, Patrick Kinney

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Article in Environmental science: atmospheres, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Validation and Correction of PMACS environmental Au · 2026
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  2. Disparities in fine particulate matter (PMEnvironmental research, health : ERH · 2026
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  5. Field Evaluation of Community Condensation Particle Counters, Optical Particle Counters, and a Low-Cost Particle Sensor.Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2026
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  7. Evaluation of Long-Term Performance of Six PMSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  9. Dynamic calibration of low-cost PMNPJ climate and atmospheric science · 2025
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  12. Evaluation of Calibration Approaches for Indoor Deployments of PurpleAir Monitors.Atmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Priyanka deSouzaDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Colorado Denver, Denver CO, 80202, USA.
Karoline BarkjohnOffice of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Andrea ClementsOffice of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Jenny LeeDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ralph KahnNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA.
Ben CrawfordDepartment of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, 80202, USA.
Patrick KinneyBoston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02118 USA.

Funding

GRADUATE TRAINING IN BIOSTATISTICST32ES007142 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI Brent Andrew Coull · 1985 to 2026
$11.9M
Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low-cost sensors (LCS) are increasingly being used to measure fine particulate matter (PM

Indexed as

DegradationLow-cost sensorsPM2.5PurpleAir

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PMID37234229
PMCPMC10208317

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