Air Quality Readings

Air Quality Readings (This data was collected as part of a research initiative from April 2021 to October 2022 and is no longer being updated.)

This data was collected as part of a research initiative from April 2021 to October 2022 and is no longer being updated.

Inventory of all air quality pod readings.

Glossary:

Prescaled data = raw data from AQMesh

Corrected data = pod-specific calibrations/corrections applied as needed 

Network scaled data = finalized data, long-distance scaling/calibration, accounts for regional signal, accounts for noise


Acronym Definition

RH: Relative Humidity; Humidity

PM: Particulate Matter

PM1: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 1 micrometers

PM2.5: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers

PM4: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 4 micrometers

PM10: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 10 micrometers

PM Total: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 30 micrometers

TPC: Total Particle Count

NO: Nitric Oxide

NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide

NOx: Oxides of Nitrogen

O3: Ozone

CO: Carbon Monoxide

SO2: Sulfur Dioxide

CO2: Carbon Dioxide

LOD: Limit of Detection

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Last Updated September 2, 2026, 07:18 (UTC)
Created March 25, 2026, 01:48 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Air Quality Readings
Description
A description of the dataset.

Air Quality Readings (This data was collected as part of a research initiative from April 2021 to October 2022 and is no longer being updated.)

This data was collected as part of a research initiative from April 2021 to October 2022 and is no longer being updated.

Inventory of all air quality pod readings.

Glossary:

Prescaled data = raw data from AQMesh

Corrected data = pod-specific calibrations/corrections applied as needed 

Network scaled data = finalized data, long-distance scaling/calibration, accounts for regional signal, accounts for noise


Acronym Definition

RH: Relative Humidity; Humidity

PM: Particulate Matter

PM1: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 1 micrometers

PM2.5: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers

PM4: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 4 micrometers

PM10: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 10 micrometers

PM Total: Particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 30 micrometers

TPC: Total Particle Count

NO: Nitric Oxide

NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide

NOx: Oxides of Nitrogen

O3: Ozone

CO: Carbon Monoxide

SO2: Sulfur Dioxide

CO2: Carbon Dioxide

LOD: Limit of Detection

Tags / Keywords
Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
135880.0
Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2021-04-21
Time Period Data Span (start date)
Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date)
End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
Field Value
Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
public
License
License used to access the dataset.
Open Government Licence – Ontario
Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
Location
Location of the dataset.
https://data-cityofcambridge.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/KitchenerGIS::air-quality-readings
Data Service
Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner
Owner of the dataset.
KitchenerGIS
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
City of Kitchener
Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
[email protected]
Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
City of Kitchener
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
Author
Author of the dataset.
KitchenerGIS
Author Email
Email of the author.
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2025-09-05
Field Value
Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
ae4902865fee4a89a4cd5cf80b101e25
Language
Language(s) of the dataset
English
Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
https://data-cityofcambridge.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/KitchenerGIS::air-quality-readings
Persistent Identifier
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Globally Unique Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals
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Contains data about identifiable individuals
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Contains Indigenous Data
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Portal Type
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Field Value
Version
Version of the datatset
None
Source
Source of the dataset.
None
Version notes
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Is version of another dataset
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Other versions
Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
City of Kitchener
Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
Field Value
Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
Field Value
Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
368695
Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
58
Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
21384310
Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality
A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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