- Mobile Air Quality Studies (MAQS) - an international project
(2010) - Due to an increasing awareness of the potential
hazardousness of air pollutants, new laws, rules and guidelines
have recently been implemented globally. In this respect,
numerous studies have addressed traffic-related exposure to
particulate matter using stationary technology so far. By
contrast, only few studies used the advanced technology of
mobile exposure analysis. The Mobile Air Quality Study (MAQS)
addresses the issue of air pollutant exposure by combining
advanced high-granularity spatial-temporal analysis with
vehicle-mounted, person-mounted and roadside sensors. The MAQS-
platform will be used by international collaborators in order 1)
to assess air pollutant exposure in relation to road structure,
2) to assess air pollutant exposure in relation to traffic
density, 3) to assess air pollutant exposure in relation to
weather conditions, 4) to compare exposure within vehicles
between front and back seat (children) positions, and 5)