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Satellite data have been used successfully for over a decade for tropospheric composition research as well as health and air quality applied research. The utility of future observations will grow because of advances in sensor technology, implementation of new orbit strategies, and continued retrieval algorithm development.
In this presentation, Dr. Bryan Duncan, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory - NASA, will illustrate the potential of satellite observations going forward, giving examples from his current research and satellite projects that he's involved in. For example, he will discuss how carbon dioxide emissions from global power plants may be inferred using observations of co-emitted nitrogen dioxide, how the new NASA global air quality model has the potential to provide much-needed information to global health researchers, how satellite data are showing the effectiveness of environmental regulations, and other examples.
This event presented by the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Duke University.