The goal of our "on the move" air monitoring project is to overcome the limits of conventional monitoring technologies. Traditional air monitoring technologies are based on: (1) a network of fixed control centers with gas analyzers and appropriate equipment consistent with the laws in force, (2) movable monitoring stations in fixed points enhanced with the same equipment of the fixed control centers, and (3) mathematical models for simulation and analysis of pollution effects according to the data collected. The limit of these technologies consists in the fact that these systems are actually conceived for concentration measurement of air polluting elements in order to alert the public authorities when certain levels are exceeded. Air pollution testing stations collect precise data in the points where they're located, disregarding completely the characteristics and distribution of the sources of air polluting agents and their spreading mechanism over to the territory. Furthermore air pollution monitoring stations ignore small areas with localized pollution like traffic light areas, long queues etc Due to their encumbering dimensions and high supplying and management costs, fixed networks cannot be used for surveying and quantifying areas with extended pollution sources which require many measurements in different locations over the same period of time.
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