A Geostationary air quality monitor for the Middle East

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 869; no. 1; pp. 12085 - 12088
• Main Authors: Suleiman, R M, Chance, K, Liu, X
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Air pollution; Air quality; Diurnal variations; Geosynchronous orbits; Low earth orbits; Physics; Spatial resolution; Spectrum analysis; Middle East; Europe

Atmospheric pollution measurements from space have been evolving from low-earth-orbits (LEO) to geostationary orbits (GEO), to track the diurnal variation of atmospheric emissions. There are three GEO instruments in development. TEMPO is NASA's first Earth Venture Instrument, to be launched dur...