[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022republish_modal_form\u0022\u003E\u003Cform class=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form ecl-form\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 action=\u0022\/en\/article\/modal\/6096\u0022 method=\u0022post\u0022 id=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 accept-charset=\u0022UTF-8\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHorizon articles can be republished for free under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EYou must give appropriate credit. We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ESniffing out odour pollution\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s one of a number of initiatives that use the power of the crowd by asking European citizens to submit data that can then be used for scientific research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe EU-funded OMNISCIENTIS project was set up to help industrial sites and local authorities monitor and control odour nuisance in their areas. Researchers used data from electronic monitors and local citizens to build a comprehensive real-time picture of smells in a test site around the Burgo Ardennes paper mill in Virton, Belgium.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA key part of the process was to use live data submitted regularly by local people, known to the project as watchmen. After undergoing a smell test to measure the sensitivity of their noses, the watchmen were given a smartphone and asked to analyse the smells in their vicinity twice a day for three days of the week.\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022tw-text-center tw-text-blue tw-font-bold tw-text-2xl lg:tw-w-1\/2 tw-border-2 tw-border-blue tw-p-12 tw-my-8 lg:tw-m-12 lg:tw--ml-16 tw-float-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022tw-text-5xl tw-rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022tw-font-serif tw-italic\u0022\u003E\u2018If it is very intense or citizens are very affected by it, we automatically send an alert to the industrial site.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cfooter\u003E\n \u003Ccite class=\u0022tw-not-italic tw-font-normal tw-text-sm tw-text-black\u0022\u003EYannick Arnaud, Spacebel, Belgium\u003C\/cite\u003E\n \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey recorded the type of odour, its intensity on a scale from one to five, whether it was causing a nuisance, the weather conditions and their own state of health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018They had a free text box where they said anything related to the wind and their health condition: if they are ill, had a cold, or any other parameters that could affect their observations,\u2019 said Yannick Arnaud, an engineer at Spacebel, which coordinated the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis data was then gathered centrally and combined with readings from \u2018electronic noses\u2019, in-situ sensors that were placed around the industrial site to monitor chemicals in the air.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOdour alerts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe real-time feedback helps to quickly identify problematic odours. \u2018If it is very intense or citizens are very affected by it, we automatically send an alert to the industrial site,\u2019 said Mr Arnaud.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the longer term, patterns identified in the data can help industries identify which specific activities cause odour pollution and develop ways of mitigating the effect of these activities on their neighbours.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the OMNISCIENTIS project finished in September, Burgo Ardennes is now funding a six-month extension of the service.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEventually, Mr Arnaud hopes that the technology will be rolled out to industrial sites across Europe. 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