Distributed air pollution measurement system

In the article the concept of an air pollution measurement system that uses unmanned aerial vehicles and maintenance-free sensors that form a data collecting network, is presented. The following parameters are monitored: the concentration of particulate matter, CO, CO2, NO2, formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds at different altitudes and in different places in urban areas. First of all, sensors are used that scatter light by particles suspended in the air. The technique of air sampling with the use of sorption tubes with an appropriate packing is used to perform precise analyzes, e.g. chromatographic ones, in a stationary laboratory. The data is collected and analyzed on a web server, and then marked on an interactive map.