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Try getting in touch with AUB Professor Dr. Najat Saliba. I saw a presentation of hers about an air quality study they did with vans equipped with sensors that would leave AUB every day and head towards Jounieh and back. Maybe she can provide some funding.
You can read about her here:
http://website.aub.edu.lb/fas/chemistry/faculty/Pages/ns30.aspx