Editing Ambient Environment and Room Weather

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Tracking the '''ambient environment''' can include a number of parameters and metrics that can be useful for different personal research questions. There are a variety of ways of collecting some of these parameters.

== Ambient "Weather" ==
Literally weather category. Can be used to tell if user is outdoors and compare to recorded weather.

=== Potential things to track ===
CDC tracks a lot of data. Some of it is useful to continuous health tracking like AQI.<ref>[National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network | Home (cdc.gov)](<nowiki>https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/</nowiki>) </ref> Also contains lots of data & visualization. 

==== Light ====
Light intensity can be measured in lumens. Advanced sensors may measure the spectrum as well. This can relate to topics related to tanning or light therapy<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Light_therapy</ref>, as insufficient light may cause depression and lead to a lack of vitamin D. It can also affect [[Sleep tracking|sleep]] in various ways. 

==== Temperature ====
This can refer to either the experienced weather outdoors or the indoor/room [[temperature]]. 

==== Other parameters:  ====

* Pressure
* Humidity

=== How to track these parameters ===
For '''keeping track of outdoor data''' it can be possible to access historic data from a variety of sources if you have your geolocation data. 

For '''indoor data collections''' a variety of indoor/outdoor weather stations exist that can collect parameters such as temperature, pressure and humidity. One example would be the [[Netatmo weather stations]]. 

== Noise and sound levels ==
Keeping track of noise levels can be of interest as increased noise levels have been linked to physiological and psychological health issues <ref>https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/abs/10.1289/ehp.00108s1123</ref><ref>https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/REVEH.2000.15.1-2.43/html</ref> and can impair things like [[sleep]]. Some tools such as the [[netatmo weather stations]] keep track of indoor noise levels over time. Furthermore later models of the [[Apple Watch]] record noise levels at regular intervals.

== Air Quality ==
Keeping track of air quality, both indoors (IAQ)<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_air_quality</ref> and outdoors are a frequent topic of interest<ref>https://forum.quantifiedself.com/t/tracking-air-quality/7719</ref><ref>https://forum.quantifiedself.com/t/indoor-air-quality-monitoring-health/799/60</ref>. 

=== Parameters ===

* carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>)
* oxygen (O<sub>2</sub>)
* volatile organic compounds (VOC)
* PM10 (Particulate Matter)
* PM2.5
* PM1
* nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>)

Some indoor weather stations keep track of CO<sub>2</sub> levels, furthermore there are some mobile, commercial air quality monitors such as the [[Plume Labs Flow]].

== Other ambient environment topics ==
Beyond these there are parameters such as magnetic fields and forces which could be of potential interest.

== References ==
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