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To establish and assess a transferable in situ methodology for identifying and characterizing environmental odor nuisance sources using sensory and chemical monitoring tools.

August 20, 2026SustainabilityOpen Access

Toward a Transferable Methodology for Identifying and Characterizing Odor Nuisance Sources Using In Situ Measurements: A Case Study from Płock, Poland

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To establish and assess a transferable in situ methodology for identifying and characterizing environmental odor nuisance sources using sensory and chemical monitoring tools.
Conducted 29 measurement series across 20 field measurement points in urban and suburban settings.
Employed a MultiRAE Pro multi-gas detector, a Dräger X-pid® 9500 portable gas detector with chromatography functionality, and a Nasal Ranger® field olfactometer alongside simultaneous meteorological monitoring.
Applied statistical analyses to evaluate device efficacy for odor concentration and volatile organic compound (VOC) detection.
Field olfactometry and portable gas chromatography enabled rapid, effective on-site verification and characterization of resident-reported odor complaints.
The portable gas chromatography detector proved unsuitable for comprehensive ambient air-quality testing due to excessively high detection and quantification limits.

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Field validation study demonstrates effective rapid verification of odor complaints using field olfactometry and portable gas detectors, suggesting improved methods for monitoring urban air nuisance.

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Wiśniewska et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86b57f8a91293e6a1cceab https://doi.org/10.3390/su18168464

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Field validation study demonstrates effective rapid verification of odor complaints using field olfactometry and portable gas detectors, suggesting improved methods for monitoring urban air nuisance.

Toward a Transferable Methodology for Identifying and Characterizing Odor Nuisance Sources Using In Situ Measurements: A Case Study from Płock, Poland

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