Establishing the Columbus Community Air Quality Monitoring Project (CCAMP) to Inform Local Strategies in Franklin County, Ohio
Abstract
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, a regional council of governments, and Franklin County Public Health, a local health department, located in Columbus, Ohio, are partnering to investigate differences in air quality across zip codes in and around Franklin County, Ohio, using low-cost particulate matter sensors manufactured by PurpleAir. Placement of these monitors is prioritized using sociodemographic and health data including poverty rates, percent minority population, numbers of children under age 5, and people over age 65, as well as asthma and COVID-19 infection rates. Team members conducted extensive outreach in the community to site the monitors with residents, organizations, and businesses in the identified zip codes. Here we will present preliminary data from our sensor network, lessons learned, additional community engagement plans, and opportunities for similar and future community science projects looking to establish a local air quality monitoring network.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2022
- Bibcode:
- 2022AGUFMSY33A..06M