UAVs Based Particulate Matter Pollution Monitoring

Technologies using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been the subject of research for many years now. They are increasingly used in a number of public and private projects. UAVs with their mobility and ability to fly at different altitudes can compensate for some shortcomings in the wireless sensor network and offer an alternative approach to data harvesting. With their help, it is easy to allow spatial research of different areas/spaces. This is particularly important in the study of air pollution, which changes sharply even over relatively short distances in the horizontal and vertical directions. In the present study is presented a research of possibilities for application of a new instrument for studying the air quality at different altitudes, which is accessible to a wide range of users. The approach is based on using cheap UAVs and low-cost air quality sensors. This paper shows the relevance of a customized, off the shelf UAV equipped with mobile monitoring devices as an effective, versatile, and unconventional means to collect three-dimensional air pollutant concentration data.