With installations taking place this summer by project leaders AirLabs, Camden Council hopes it will provide at least 100 times more data points and refresh 60 times more regularly than existing air quality reference stations.
The network of AirNode sensors will be able to show a street by street picture of air quality in the area in real time.
The data will contribute to local decision making in trying to improve air quality in the borough, particularly around schools, offices, hospitals, retail and hospitality businesses.
In May, it emerged that some Camden residents were being exposed to illegal concentrations of toxic pollution.
Council data revealed four places in the borough where concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were above the legal limit in 2020 despite the sizeable drop in traffic due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The new sensor grid is set to be deployed rapidly over the coming months, with the data generated being used in a number of ways...