September 12, 2025

It's official! Our fourth TARTA instrument is now live in San Bruno, which is super exciting for our research team. This new site is a big deal because it expands our network and gives us a much more detailed picture of the air quality across the city.

What's so cool about TARTA is that it gives us real-time data on airborne metallic particles. But to make that data even more powerful, we also deployed a wind sensor right alongside it. This is a huge piece of the puzzle! It lets us pair every detection with real-time wind speed and direction. So, if we see a spike in particles, we can analyze the wind data to get a better idea of where it might be coming from. Can't wait to start digging into all this new data!