TY - JOUR
T1 - Augmenting the Standard Operating Procedures of Health and Air Quality Stakeholders With NASA Resources
AU - Duncan, Bryan N.
AU - Malings, Carl A.
AU - Knowland, K. Emma
AU - Anderson, Daniel C.
AU - Prados, Ana I.
AU - Keller, Christoph A.
AU - Cromar, Kevin R.
AU - Pawson, Steven
AU - Ensz, Holli
N1 - Funding Information:
B. Duncan, A. Prados, and D. Anderson are supported in part by the NASA HAQAST program (grant # 20‐HAQ20‐0011). C. Malings is supported by an appointment to the NASA Postdoctoral Program at the Goddard Space Flight Center, administered by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) through a contract with NASA. C. Keller, K. E. Knowland, and S. Pawson acknowledge support by NASA's Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction (MAP) program. Kevin Cromar is supported by New York University. H. Ensz is supported by BOEM. Development of GEOS‐CF is supported by GMAO's core funding administered by NASA's MAP Program. Resources supporting the model simulations were provided by the NASA Center for Climate Simulation at the Goddard Space Flight Center ( https://www.nccs.nasa.gov/services/discover ).
Funding Information:
B. Duncan, A. Prados, and D. Anderson are supported in part by the NASA HAQAST program (grant # 20-HAQ20-0011). C. Malings is supported by an appointment to the NASA Postdoctoral Program at the Goddard Space Flight Center, administered by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) through a contract with NASA. C. Keller, K. E. Knowland, and S. Pawson acknowledge support by NASA's Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction (MAP) program. Kevin Cromar is supported by New York University. H. Ensz is supported by BOEM. Development of GEOS-CF is supported by GMAO's core funding administered by NASA's MAP Program. Resources supporting the model simulations were provided by the NASA Center for Climate Simulation at the Goddard Space Flight Center (https://www.nccs.nasa.gov/services/discover).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. This article has been contributed to by US Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The combination of air quality (AQ) data from satellites and low-cost sensor systems, along with output from AQ models, have the potential to augment high-quality, regulatory-grade data in countries with in situ monitoring networks and provide much needed AQ information in countries without them, including Low and Moderate Income Countries (LMICs). We demonstrate the potential of free and publicly available USA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) resources, which include capacity building activities, satellite data, and global AQ forecasts, to provide cost-effective, and reliable AQ information to health and AQ professionals around the world. We provide illustrative case studies that highlight how global AQ forecasts along with satellite data may be used to characterize AQ on urban to regional scales, including to quantify pollution concentrations, identify pollution sources, and track the long-range transport of pollution. We also provide recommendations to data product developers to facilitate and broaden usage of NASA resources by health and AQ stakeholders.
AB - The combination of air quality (AQ) data from satellites and low-cost sensor systems, along with output from AQ models, have the potential to augment high-quality, regulatory-grade data in countries with in situ monitoring networks and provide much needed AQ information in countries without them, including Low and Moderate Income Countries (LMICs). We demonstrate the potential of free and publicly available USA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) resources, which include capacity building activities, satellite data, and global AQ forecasts, to provide cost-effective, and reliable AQ information to health and AQ professionals around the world. We provide illustrative case studies that highlight how global AQ forecasts along with satellite data may be used to characterize AQ on urban to regional scales, including to quantify pollution concentrations, identify pollution sources, and track the long-range transport of pollution. We also provide recommendations to data product developers to facilitate and broaden usage of NASA resources by health and AQ stakeholders.
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U2 - 10.1029/2021GH000451
DO - 10.1029/2021GH000451
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85115722918
SN - 2471-1403
VL - 5
JO - GeoHealth
JF - GeoHealth
IS - 9
M1 - e2021GH000451
ER -