Roses Proposal Selected for Funding

Aaron Naeger in collaboration with Emily Berndt (ST11) submitted a proposal to NASA ROSES 2021 SERVIR Applied Sciences Team (AST) solicitation to develop an enhanced air quality monitoring and forecasting system for the Hindu-Kush Himalaya (HKH) region in South Asia, which is one of the most polluted regions in the world. The proposal “Enhancing Air Quality Applications in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya Region Using Synergistic Remote Sensing, Modeling, and Machine Learning Techniques” was 1 of 20 selected for funding out of a pool of 85 submissions. Over the three-year project, the team will build upon the successes and lessons learned during their current 2018 AST project, which is currently providing high-resolution air quality products based on satellite data and model forecasts over the region. The follow-on project will implement improved algorithms and machine learning techniques in conjunction with robust forecast models to provide more accurate and timely air quality alerts in the region. A key focus area of the project is the application of hourly daytime air quality data from the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS), a sister of the NASA Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of POllution (TEMPO) mission over North America with launch set in March 2023.

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