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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 7.

Summary of O3 sensor performance attributes from the subject matter expert discussion on Day 3. (Note: The listed sensor performance values should not be considered suggestive about any specific US EPA recommended means of establishing such a value).

Technology Attribute Minimum Acceptable Value/Range (count)a Estimated Minimum Acceptable Value/Range

Accuracy 7% (1) Range: 7%–20%
10% (2)
15% (2)
20% (1)
Median: 13%
Bias 5% (1) Range: 5%–25%
10% (1) or 2 ppb-5 ppb
25% (1)
10–20% (1)
2 ppb (1)
5 ppb (1)
3–5 ppb (1)
Median: 12.5% or 4 ppb
Correlation r = 0.74 (1) Range: r = 0.74–0.95
r = 0.89 (1) r = 0.95 (1) Median: r = 0.86
Detection Limit 2 ppb (1) Range: 2ppb-10 ppb
10 ppb(1)
2–5 ppb (1)
Median: 5 ppb
Precision 7% (1) Range: 7%–20% or 5 ppb-
200 ppb
15% (2)
20% (2)
5 ppb (1)
5–10 ppb (1)
30–200 ppb (1)
Median: 15% or 102 ppb
Range 0–180 ppb (1) Range: 0 ppb-200 ppb
0–200 ppb (1)
10–200 ppb (1)
200 ppb (1)
Median: 100 ppb
a

Numbers (X) represent the count of SEs who suggested each metric.