Smart Climate particulate matter measurements

Within the framework of the Smart Climate project of Smart Regio Basel (https://smartregiobasel.ch/de/projekte/smart-climate-plug-and-sense), air data with microsensors were measured in the first phase of the project at ten locations in the Basel region. The Air Hygiene Office of both Basel, the Office for Environment and Energy of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, the Basel weather service provider meteoblue AG, the IWB and Sensirion AG joined forces to test the use of cost-efficient sensors to detect the “regional microclimate” in this pilot project. Here, the unvalidated data of particulate matter PM2.5 is provided. The first project phase was evaluated at the end of 2021 and the measurement network was reduced based on the results. From spring 2022 onwards, the measuring stations “Erlenparkweg 55”, “Feldbergstrasse”, “NABEL Binningen”, “St. Johanns-Platz” and “Zürcherstrasse 148 (width) will continue to operate. The stations “Goldbachweg”, “Grenzacherstrasse”, “Laufenstrasse”, “Rennweg 89” and “TS Hochbergerstrasse 162” have been gradually phased out. The data from the first phase of the project are still available here. Information on the locations of the sensors can be found in the data set “Locations fine dust measurement stations Smart Climate Air Quality”: https://data.bs.ch/explore/dataset/100084