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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ X. 2019 Apr 13;2:100031. doi: 10.1016/j.aeaoa.2019.100031

Table 5.

Suggested precision and accuracy targets for low-cost sensors to benefit a wide range of application scenarios (Schauer, 2018).

Application Precision Accuracy

Comparison to Standards ± 10% ± 10%
Scaling Filter Based Measurements ± 50% ± 50%
Spatial Gradients ± 10% ± 25%
Microenvironmental Monitoring ± 25% ± 25%
Meteorological Drives ± 10% ± 25%
Source Tracking ± 50% ± 50%
Intervention and Control Measures ± 25% ± 25%