Test the future
We train on earlier dates and reserve later months for final evaluation, keeping the test period outside model selection.
AeroSentinel exists to make atmospheric intelligence earlier, more local and easier to use—especially for the public agencies and communities facing increasingly complex smoke, dust and pollution events.
Monitoring is essential, but a measurement is a picture of what already happened. By carefully combining observations with weather and transport guidance, AeroSentinel aims to add the missing layer: what is likely to happen next.
We started with PM10 because coarse particles are shaped by local sources, windblown dust, smoke and atmospheric mixing—and because short-term changes can matter to daily decisions.
Our standard is not the flashiest model. It is the model that survives a clean test and communicates its limits clearly.
We train on earlier dates and reserve later months for final evaluation, keeping the test period outside model selection.
Smoke and weather models provide regional transport context; ground monitors keep the forecast anchored in reality.
We distinguish monitored-site performance from unverified map-wide claims and routine conditions from severe spikes.
We welcome conversations with air districts, researchers, funders and community organizations.