Characterising emission plumes of individual aircraft operations using low-cost sensor nodes

Aircraft emissions can pose a health threat by degrading air quality. The actual pollution footprint of aircraft is however not well understood. This research therefore explores the potential of performing near-runway measurements with low-cost sensor nodes to analyse the plume composition and pollutant contribution of individual aircraft. The...

Quantification of Aviation's Impact on Air Quality near Schiphol Airport using Low-Cost Gas Sensors

A lowcost multipollutant sensor box is developed, calibrated and deployed to quantify aviationattributable air quality impacts at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. The sensor box contains four lowcost electrochemical gas sensors that respond to CO, NO, NO2 and O3 concentrations in ambient air. Additional sensors in the sensor box allow the...

Increasing awareness about the influence of air quality and noise on well-being

The aim of this master thesis is to create a product that can increase awareness about the influence of air quality and noise on well-being. About 6% of the total burden of disease can be accounted to influences of the natural environment on well-being. Part of the problem is the unawareness of people about these influences. In order to improve...

A Catalogue of Urban Strategies towards better air quality in cities

Working on the Urgency of air pollution in future cities, the thesis proposes a catalogue of architectural(and less architetural) solutions or strategies, providing a means to reduce air pollution to the guidelines as drafted by the World Health Organization. The thesis consists of: 1)An introduction on the urgency. 2)The catalogue. 3...