Collaborative Sensor Rotation Programme (CSRP) accuracy and application of low cost environmental sensors. Paper presented at the STAR 2014 - Scottish Transport Applications and Research Conference, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, 21 May 2014.

This paper describes the progress and early findings of Phase 1 of the Transport Scotland Collaborative Sensor Rotation Programme (CSRP). The CSRP is a series of collaborative air quality and noise assessments piloting low cost sensors at locations where the Trunk Road network interfaces with the Local Authority road network in urban areas. This Introduction examines the background to air quality and transport (Section 1.2), the wider application of low cost sensors to Intelligent Transport Systems and Environmental Incident Management (Sections 1.3 to 1.5 inclusive), the collaborative approach to the CSRP (Section 1.6), and the Phase 1 CSRP timetable (Section 1.7). Section 2 of this paper describes the air pollutants from road traffic, Section 3 describes the equipment chosen for the CSRP, Section 4 describes the Field Correlation Process, Section 5 describes the Phase 1 CSRP Rotation Sites, Section 6 describes the Site Construction Work, and sections 7, 8, and 9 describe the Next Steps, Challenges, and Conclusions respectively. The CSRP is a live project and further detail will be provided during the presentation of this paper. (Author/publisher)