Cell Phones as a Distributed Platform for Black Carbon Data Collection

Issues with black carbon: • Health concerns Black carbon, a chief component of soot and a part of diesel emissions, is linked with respiratory illnesses. • Global warming Black carbon, following carbon dioxide, is the second largest contributor to global warming. However it exists in the atmosphere for a shorter period of time therefore any changes will bring quicker results. Production of black carbon: • Diesel Emissions • Incomplete burning of fossil fuels and biomass • Outdated or primitive cooking methods using wood and dung as fuel • Fires starved of oxygen (a disproportionate amount of fuel to oxygen) which results in an incomplete burn • Diesel engines (reduced effect by particulate traps)