ARSET: Air Quality

The goal of the NASA Applied Remote Sensing Education and Training (ARSET) air quality project is to increase the utility of NASA earth science and model data for policy makers, regulatory agencies, and other applied science professionals in the area of air quality applications. The two main activities of this project are:

   - Provide in-person and on-line courses, workshops and other capacity building activities throughout the year.
   - Disseminate via this web page course materials and other information to enable training in applied air quality     remote sensing.

Project courses are a combination of lectures and computer hands-on activities that teach professionals how to access, interpret, and apply NASA aerosol and trace gas data at regional and global scales with an emphasis on case studies. Course topics include:

• Case Studies in air quality analysis tailored to end-user needs, such as urban air pollution, dust, and fires.
• Satellite aerosol and trace gas products, their application and relationship to in-situ monitor data.
• Long Range Transport of atmospheric aerosols (or particulate matter) and trace gases.
• Satellite and regional air quality model comparisons.

Skills taught include:

• Search, access, and download of NASA data products and imagery
• Appropriate use and interpretation of satellite imagery.
• Visualization and analysis of NASA imagery using NASA, EPA, and NOAA webtools and other resources such as Google Earth, Panoply, RSIG, HDFLook, and MISRView.

Courses are designed at a level appropriate for professionals new to remote sensing. Click here for descriptions and sample schedules of our overview courses.   NASA ARSET air quality courses for specific applied topics are also offered for those who already have a basic knowledge of air quality remote sensing products or who have attended our three day overview course.

Click here for more information on topical and advanced workshops. .

For more information and a list of upcoming and past training workshops please see the Training Activities page.

If you would like more information about any of the activities and materials available on this site or to request a training please contact:

• Ana Prados
  Ana.I.Prados@nasa.gov
• Rich Kleidman
  Richard.Kleidman@nasa.gov
• Pawan Gupta
  Pawan.Gupta@nasa.gov

We would like to thank Lawrence Friedl, NASA Applied Sciences Program, for his support of this project.

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