S6.4 Hart: Where citizen science meets the built environme

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Assoc Prof Melissa Hart, Director, Researcher Development Program ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
Abstract:
Sydney’s population is predicted to grow by 30% within twenty years, most of which is slated for the semi-rural fringes. The resulting urbanisation will adversely impact temperature and air quality in these areas of rapid population growth. Both temperature and air quality can vary greatly within cities themselves due to spatial variability in land-use, surface characteristics, pollutant emissions, transport infrastructure and the geography of the city. Therefore it is imperative to have high density meteorological and air quality observations across a city. This presentation will discuss the development of a citizen science project, SWAQ (schools weather and air quality), that has placed meteorology and air quality sensors in schools across Sydney. The sites complement existing networks in order to target regions lacking monitoring sites e.g., urban growth areas on the rural fringe. Students analyse this research quality data in science and maths curriculum-aligned classroom activities. The data will also be freely available online to researchers.

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