Phoenix-as-a-Testbed for Air Quality Sensors (P-TAQS) Dataset

Maricopa County partnered with EPA Office of Research and Development to evaluate the utility of sensors to capture wood burning episodes. For this study, PM2.5 sensors were collocated at three air quality monitoring stations within this targeted geographic area. Namely, Durango Complex, West Phoenix, and South Phoenix (designated as DC, WP and SP) for a period of 2 years to better understand performance, comparability with regulatory grade monitors, and to example drift and changes in performance over time. Approximately 6 months later, phase II began a year+ field study using sensors in a distributed network with FRM/FEM monitors to measure PM2.5 to characterize the impact of local air pollution sources—targeting the wintertime heating season in which wood combustion is the principal air pollutant source of interest; other sensors to be deployed during Phase II include black carbon sensors. These files contain all of the PM2.5 data collected from these PurpleAir sensors at fixed sites at 1-minute resolution.