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Firetruck sensors test a new way to track smoke hazards
Stanford researchers are developing vehicle-mounted sensors and filters to study gases and metals carried in wildfire smoke.
Their new project report describes a prototype deployed in Colorado in July. Samples will help train forecasting models. A broadly available smoke-toxicity forecast remains a goal, rather than a service readers can already rely on.
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