• Question: do you have to be high up to measure air pollution?

    Asked by anon-177042 to Daniel on 15 Jun 2018.
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      Daniel Marsh answered on 15 Jun 2018:


      Most of our measurements are made between ground level and below 4 meters as this is the ‘breathing zone’ and represents the air that you are actually sucking into your lungs. The chemistry of air does change with height so this is a very good question!

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