The phrase "air pollution sensor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a device or instrument designed to detect and measure the levels of air pollution in the environment.
Example: "The city installed new air pollution sensors to monitor the air quality and ensure the health of its residents."
Alternatives: "air quality monitor" or "pollution detection device".
Atmospheric scientists have questioned whether local governments in Beijing, Guangzhou and other big Chinese cities are placing air pollution sensors where pollution is below average.
In 2009, the council moved numerous air pollution sensors from areas of heavy traffic and contamination in the city centre - including near Atocha station and beside the busy boulevard of Paseo de Recoletos.
Lenovo plans to support the form factor in future generations and suggests a number of potential plug-ins, including "infrared cameras, e-ink displays, game controllers and printers to metal detectors, inventory tag readers, blood pressure monitors and even air pollution sensors".
When mapping a city's air pollution, sensors are typically placed four feet or so above the ground, at the level where people inhale the air.
Studies using mobile air pollution sensors are only active on a relatively small number of vehicles for which the estimated pollution levels will be derived.
In three cities (Antwerp, Barcelona, London) a total of 120 participants are selected from the PASTA core study and equipped with tracking, air pollution and health sensors.
Code for Philly plan to collect local air pollution and temperature data using sensors attached to city buses so that they can quantify the effect of planting new trees in the city, as part of their Open Climate Tracker project.
The face mask includes a sensor that measures air pollution, and LED lights that turn red when the mask comes into contact with air pollution.
One small firm, Sensaris, which makes wireless sensors to detect air pollution, has decided to make a filing under the international Patent Cooperation Treaty, which is a way of putting down a marker without the expense of a full patent application.
And in five sites in London the Future Cities Catapult has installed sensors to monitor air pollution, in order to advise both councils and companies on how to deal with it.It helps that the bosses of cities are also becoming keener on using data.
