Air Quality Monitoring ---

What and Why?

Air Pollution – Biggest Single
Environmental Health Risk
• Air pollution kills 7 million people per year – 1 in 8 of
global deaths (WHO March 2014)
• 2.1 million premature deaths in Asia (Lim S et al, 2012)
• Outdoor air pollution affects developed and
developing countries
 Current Air Monitoring

WHY????

Personal Compliance and In communities to Timely public

exposure and regulatory pollution assess exposure and reporting, air
health research control strategies evaluate effectiveness quality index, and
of controls forecasting
US EPA 40 CFR Part 58 Appendix D

Objectives of AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK:

• To provide air pollution data to the general public in a timely manner
• To support compliance with the standards and emission strategy
development
• To support air pollution research studies
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

Criteria Pollutants
PM

Pb SO2
RA
8749
CO NO2

O3
National Ambient Air Quality Guideline Values
Pollutants Short Term Long Term

Ug/Ncm Averaging Time Ug/Ncm Averaging Time

Suspended
Particulates
TSP 230 24 hrs 90 1 yr
PM10 150 24 hrs 60 1 yr

SO2 180 24 hrs 80 1 yr

NO2 150 24 hrs

O3 140 1 hr
60 8 hrs

CO 35 mg/Ncm 1 hr
10 mg/Ncm 8 hrs

Pb 1.5 3 months 1.0 1 yr

Current Air Monitoring

HOW????
Available Options:

* US EPA Roadmap NGAM advocates a tiered system for different types of air monitors based on cost,
application, and end user http://www.epa.gov/research/airscience/docs/roadmap-20130308.pdf
Teledyne API
Aeroqual
Near Reference Air Quality Station

BENEFITS
• Continuously measure up to 10 gaseous and particulate pollutants
• Continuously monitor up to 10 environmental parameters
• Small size opens up new monitoring locations
• Easy to install and start measuring in less than one hour
• Measure, log, report and respond all in real-time
• Access data remotely via direct internet connection or cloud interface
• Remotely configure, diagnose, and adapt via online user interface
• Modular design allows for ease of maintenance and repairs
• Integrated automated calibration optional
• Traceable to USEPA (40 CFR Part 53) and EU (2008/50/EC)
certified instruments
• 1ppb detection of O3, NO2, NOx; <10ppb for SO2, H2S, and VOCs
APPLICATIONS
• Urban air monitoring networks
• National air monitoring networks
• Roadside air monitoring
• Industrial perimeter monitoring
• Environmental impact assessments
 Aeroqual Near Reference –
According to Air Quality Standards
AQM 60 offers analytical resolution to determine criteria pollutants levels in ambient air
Comparison Between Aeroqual AQM 60 Performance Specifications and
Common Ambient Air Quality Standards
AQM 60 AQM 60 EU US EPA WHO
Pollutant Calibrated Limit of Standards Standards Guidelines
Range Detection (2008/50/EC) (NAAQS) (AQG 2005)
Carbon monoxide 0-25 ppm <0.04 ppm 9 ppm / 8h
10 mg/m3 / 8h -
CO (0-29 mg/m3) (<0.05 mg/m3) (10 mg/m3)
Ozone 0-0.5 ppm 0.001 ppm 200 µg/m3 / 1h 0.075 ppm / 8h
100 µg/m3 / 8h
O3 (1000 µg/m3) (2 µg/m3) 120 µg/m3 / 8h (157 µg/m3)
Nitrogen dioxide 0-0.2 ppm 0.001 ppm 200 µg/m3 / 1h 0.053 ppm / 1y 200 µg/m3 / 1h
NO2 (380 µg/m3) (1.9 µg/m3) 40 µg/m3 / 1y (100 µg/m3) 40 µg/m3 / 1y
Nitrogen oxides 0-0.5 ppm 0.001 ppm
- - -
NOx (380 µg/m3) (1.9 µg/m3)
500 µg/m3 / 10m
Sulfur dioxide 0-10 ppm 0.009 ppm 350 µg/m3 / 1h 0.14 ppm / 24h 125 µg/m3 / 24h1
SO2 (0-29 mg/m3) (25 µg/m3) 125 µg/m3 / 24h (365 µg/m3) 50 µg/m3 / 24h2
20 µg/m3 / 24h
150 µg/m3 / 24h1
Particulate matter 50 µg/m3 / 24h 100 µg/m3 / 24h2
0-2000 µg/m3 1 µg/m3 150 µg/m3 / 24h
PM10 40 µg/m3 / 1y 75 µg/m3 / 24h3
50 µg/m3 / 24h
75 µg/m3 / 24h1
Particulate matter 50 µg/m3 / 24h2
0-2000 µg/m3 1 µg/m3 25 µg/m3 / 24h 35 µg/m3 / 24h
PM2.5 37.5 µg/m3 / 24h3
25 µg/m3 / 24h
1 Interim target-1 (IT-1) – formerly WHO AQG 2000
2 Interim target-2 (IT-2)
3 Interim target-2 (IT-3)
 Particulate Monitoring

• Particulate Matter (PM) is small airborne solid and

liquid particles
• PM can penetrate lungs and blood stream

• PM sizes and sources

influence health impacts
from exposure
• Typical regulatory limits
are TSP, PM10, PM2.5, PM1
Met One Instruments Teledyne API Aeroqual
Dust and Particulate Monitor

BENEFITS
• Continuous real-time measurement of TSP, PM10, PM2.5 or PM1
• Compact and light enough to be carried by one person
• Quick and easy to install and relocate
• Flexible integration of meteorological and noise sensors
• Huge on-board data storage capacity for long term fail safe monitoring
• Multiple data retrieval options: cellular, cloud, SCADA, RF
• Robust, lockable enclosure with solar shields
• MCERTS certified by UK Environment Agency

APPLICATIONS
• Construction dust monitoring
• Industrial perimeter monitoring
• Roadside monitoring
• Short term baseline studies
• Research and consultancy projects
AQI – What does it mean to us?

USEPA 40 CFR Part 58.50 requires area with population more than
350,000 is required to report AQI daily.
AQI – What does it mean to us?

• AQI – index for reporting daily air quality

• AQI – tells us how clean or polluted the air is, and what might be the
associated health concerns
• AQI – focuses on health effects we may experience within a few
hours or days after breathing polluted air
AQI – What does it mean to us?
New Jersey Air Monitoring
Visibility Camera