Air Quality, Wildfires, and Respiratory Health Work Group

Leads: Carl Malings (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Morgan State University) and Nathan Pavlovic (Sonoma Technology)

Rare wildfires in western Greenland. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

 

This work group aims to identify and disseminate recent advances in air quality applications of Earth observations, including geostationary satellites, small-sats, and data fusion, and the application of these tools to advance management and decision-making related to health through targeted presentations to practitioners and publicly-available reporting.

How Earth Intelligence can help improve air quality and respiratory health
AQ WG Update - feb 2025
AQ WG UPDATE - APR 2024
AQ WG UPDATE - DEC 2023
AQ WG UPDATE - DEC 2022
AQ WG UPDATE - DEC 2021
AQ WG UPDATE - DEC 2020

Primary Goal

To collectively advance the science and practice of modeling satellite and sensor measurement data for monitoring, forecasting, and assessing air quality, wildfire-related pollutants, and aeroallergens to quantify the levels of exposure associated with health risk for various population groups and the public at large.

Resources

AQ PRESENTATIONS
White Paper on Air Quality and Respiratory Health - mar 2025