Cloud-based decision support system for air quality managementCloud-based decision support system for air quality management Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2023-08-302022enAir quality is important for the protection of human health, the environment and our cultural heritage and it is an issue that will acquire increased significance in the future due to the adverse effects of climate change. Thus, it is important to not simply monitor air quality, but to make information immediately available to those responsible for monitoring the networks, to policy/decision makers, but also to the general population. Moreover, the development of information technologies over the last couple of decades has allowed the proliferation of real-time pollution monitoring. The work presented herein concerns the development of an effective way of monitoring environmental parameters using dedicated software. It offers a complete suite of applications that support environmental data collection management and reporting for air quality and associated meteorology. It combines modern technologies for the proper monitoring of air quality networks, which can consist of one or more measuring stations. Innovatively, it also focuses on how to effectively present the relevant information, utilizing modern technologies, such as cloud and mobile applications, to network engineers, policy/decision managers, and to the general public at large. It also has the capability of notifying appropriate personnel in the event of failures, overruns or abnormal values. The system, in its current configuration, handles information from six networks that include over 55 air pollution monitoring stations that are located throughout Greece. This practical application has shown that the system can achieve high data availability rates, even higher than 99% during the year.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Climate103Evagelopoulos_et_al_Climate_10(3)_2022.pdfChania [Greece]Library of TUC2023-08-30application/pdf4.5 MBfree Evagelopoulos Vasilis Charisiou Nikolaos D. Logothetis Milton Evangelopoulos Georgios Ευαγγελοπουλος Γεωργιος Logothetis Christopher MDPI Air pollution Monitoring Integrated information systems Web services Air quality management system