In May (2018), the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea erupted, along with human tragedy, the eruption provided an opportunity to monitor the air quality of a volcano during the eruptive phase. Researchers employed innovative sensors as part of a dense monitoring network.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, began building a network of monitoring sites in response to air quality concerns relating to volcanic smog or ‘vog’.
The monitoring stations were designed and built by MIT staff in the US using sensors from Alphasense in the UK.
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