Korea-US Air Quality Study

⬤       Airborne measurements (NASA DC-8) out of South Korea in May & June 2016 to study:

o   Satellite observability of air quality in eastern Asia

o   Emissions from Seoul, the world's 2^nd largest metropolitan area

o   Mixing of anthropogenic and biogenic emissions to form ozone and aerosols

o   Trans-boundary pollution transport from mainland Asia

⬤        LARGE airborne measurements:

o   Aerosol size distributions

o   Aerosol optical properties

o   Cloud condensation nuclei

⬤       LARGE ship-based measurements (KORUS-OC):

o   Validate ocean color and aerosol optical depth retrievals from the Korean Geostationary Ocean Color Instrument (GOCI) satellite

o   Aerosol optical properties in the marine layer

⬤       For more information:  Mission Website

Seoul as seen from the DC-8 on a less and more polluted day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KORUS-AQ will provide needed data for future satellite measurements over East Asia by the GEMS satellite.

Similar satellites will be launched for measurements over North America (TEMPO) and Europe (Sentinel-4).