Field work, training, and more!

A major group field work trip has just concluded in Ghana and Togo. On the agenda was training and teaching, installation of reference monitors and low cost sensors, and meetings with local stakeholders. 

Mr. Emmanuel Appoh kindly hosted Prof. Westervelt at the EPA Ghana for 1 week, where Prof. Westervelt gave a weeklong certificate program on air quality data analysis, air quality modeling, and hands on experience in estimating the performance of and developing correction factors for low cost air sensors. 

In Togo, Prof. Sabi Kokou hosted Prof. Westervelt and PhD student Garima Raheja for 1 week of training and field work. The big accomplishment was the installation of a TEOM1400 reference PM2.5 / PM10 monitor at the Université de Lomé. Also joining for the field work was group collaborator Prof. Wahid Mellouki of CNRS-France and Prof. Bernard Nana of Burkina Faso. 

Photos below!