Patent ID: 8485019

Claim:
An environmental monitoring system for a site, comprising: a plurality of environmental measuring instruments that collect a plurality of environmental data, including a plurality of measuring instruments being positioned in a location related to the site to be monitored and the plurality of measuring instruments being able to measure a concentration of particles in at least a first range of sizes and in a second range of sizes and provide data related to particles in each of the range of sizes; a controller in communication with the plurality of measuring instruments to cause the plurality of data to be transmitted; wherein the plurality of environmental data is time stamped and a location of the plurality of environmental measuring instruments is added to the plurality of data; and a device located remotely from the plurality of measuring instruments that receives and stores the plurality of environmental data, the time stamp and the location of the plurality of environmental measuring instruments and that displays a map of the site that shows the location of the one or more environmental measuring instruments and the plurality of environmental data generated by each of the one or more environmental measuring instruments including the time stamp on the map, and wherein the device generates a contour indicating an area of a concentration of particles with a size in at least the first range of sizes to determine a location relative to the site of a source that generates the particles from the time stamped and location added data collected by the plurality of environmental measuring instruments.