Call for volunteers to expand the academic group of Ringland.
Ringland is a group of citizens in Belgium organising to cover one of the busiest roads in Europe, the ring road that passes close to the city center, to counter air pollution and noise.
Feasibility study.
Evaluation of design concepts.
Decision to go ahead with Palmes tubes on a massive scale.
Buildup of IT infrastructure, user instructions, science kit, logistics, calibration, location spread.
locations
Initially, 1000 citizen scientists were sought to participate in the experiment.
Public Facebook and Twitter launch of the project, picked up by local and regional news.
applicants
Increase to 2000 science kits because of overwhelming demand.
locations
Matching of applicants to a predefined radius around the Antwerp ring road. Optimizing location spread, filling in blind spots.
Multiple occasions for participants to pick up their science kit, including posters to advertise measuring locations.
Weekly e-mail questionnaires to participants, checking their motivation, the exact position of the experiment, etc. Helpdesk was available for reporting problems and irregularities, etc.
Participants were also asked to inform their neighbours with friendly informative postcards.
Participating citizen scientists return their Palmes diffusion tubes, including the polypropylene window sign.
Raw data was plotted on a giant map shown at the Ringland festival.
Data processing and report writing.
Final report of processed results and conclusions at De Roma.
Participants received a poster with a sticker in order to advertise the results where they were measured.
Seven smaller durable maps were made for citizens to present and discuss the results with their neighbourhoods or city districts.
Contact us if you want to use the printed maps for a presentation or discussion.
Download PDFs of the maps on the results page.
Pickup of ca. one ton of polypropylene window signs for recycling into furniture by Eco-oh!
Deze website gaat over de stikstofdioxidemeting door 2000 burgeronderzoekers die in mei 2016 werd uitgevoerd in Antwerpen.
Voor informatie over het onderzoek
CurieuzeNeuzen In De Tuin,
ga dan naar
This website is about the citizen science project measuring nitrogen dioxide levels during May 2016 in Antwerp, Belgium.
For information about the project
measuring heat and drought in gardens during 2021
called 'CurieuzeNeuzen In De Tuin',
visit this page.