The HAQAST Public Meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts was held June 4th and 5th, 2024 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with the pre-meeting early-career workshop co-organized with the Health Effects Institute on June 3rd.
The Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) works to connect NASA satellite data and products with public health experts and air quality managers. Our team of 14 PIs and 60+ total collaborating investigators has grown to support and serve hundreds of organizations across the U.S. and around the world. Our public meetings are opportunities to grow these two-way dialogues in which stakeholders share their research needs and priorities, and scientists share their resources, insights, and new discoveries.
The Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) works to connect NASA satellite data and products with public health experts and air quality managers. Our public meetings are opportunities to grow these two-way dialogues in which stakeholders share their research needs and priorities, and scientists share their resources, insights, and new discoveries. This meeting highlighted how satellite data informs climate change adaptation and mitigation, applications from TEMPO, applications for satellite data in a changing regulatory landscape, and more!
June 4th
- Session 1A – Overview of NASA
HAQAST - Session 1B – Facilitating the Use of Satellite Data by the Novice User
- Session 2A – Health and Air Quality Applications of TEMPO
- Session 2B – Adapting to Climate Change: Heat, Air Pollution, and Human Health
- Session 3A – Emerging Ground Networks for Satellite Data Integration
- Session 3B – How Satellite Data Can Inform Fires, Exceptional Events Demonstrations, and New Standards
- Session 4A – TROPOMI-OMI Meeting Crossover: 20 Years of NO2 Applications from OMI and TROPOMI
- Flash Talk and Poster Session
June 5th
- Session 5A – Satellite Data for Climate Change Decision Making: Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Quality Co-Benefits
- Session 5B – Satellite Data for Global Air Quality and Health
- Session 6A – Environmental Justice: Data Needs to Protect Health of At-Risk Populations
- Session 6B – Calculating Long-Range Pollution Transport and Forecasting Air Pollution
- Session 7A – Closing Remarks and HAQAST Ambassador Perspectives: Using Satellite Data to Improve Health and Air Quality Monitoring
In-Person Flash Talks
Susana B. Adamo (CIESIN-Columbia University)
Tree cover, air pollution and heat in New York: a rural-urban narrative
Jaime Benavides (Columbia University)
Renato Berlinghieri/David Burt (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Can individuals use smoke forecasts for personal decision-making? A call to action
Yun Hang (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
Using NASA Earth Observations to Support Environmental Justice Communities in Atlanta, GA
Patrick Kinney (Boston University School of Public Health)
Accounting for the health benefits of air pollution regulations in China, 2008-2019
Carl Malings (Morgan State University)
Air Quality Forecasting with Uncertainty Quantification by Fusing model, satellite, and in-situ data
David Moroni (NASA JPL)
Open Source Air Quality Data and User Tools/Tutorials Provided by the NASA TROPESS Project
Langston Verdin (MKE Fresh Air Collective)
Posters
Matthew Alvarado (Atmospheric and Environmental Research)
Investigating Sources of PM2.5 in Texas
Renato Berlinghieri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Can individuals use smoke forecasts for personal decision-making? A call to action
Zhiwei Dong (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Using Machine Learning to Reconstruct Historical Surface PM2.5 in Summer Alaska
Stephanie Elkins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Atmospheric Composition and Climate Responses to US Air Pollution Controls
Sarah Hafer-Martin (NASA LaRC; Atmospheric Science Data Center)
Spatial Metadata Simplification for TEMPO
James Hagan (American Ecotech / Ambilabs)
Ground Truthing Enclosures and Instrumentation for Measuring Criteria Pollutants
Sina Hasheminassab (NASA JPL)
NASA’s Open Source Integrated Analytic Platform for Air Quality and Wildfire
Xiaomeng Jin (Rutgers University)
Observing the impacts of wildfires on ozone-NOx-VOC-aerosol chemistry from space
Binita KC (NASA GES DISC/Adnet Systems Inc
Harvesting Publications for Air Quality and Health Data
Emma Knowland (Morgan State University, GESTAR-II; NASA GMAO)
NASA GEOS Composition Forecast System, GEOS-CF: TEMPO Support
Joseph Kozminski (Lewis University)
Identifying Census Tracts for PM2.5 Monitoring in the Joliet IL Area Using the CVI Tool and Local Data
Meryl Kruskopf (University of Alabama Huntsville, SERVIR)
Air Quality in South Asia: Understanding the Challenges of Integrating Earth Observations into Operations
Vijay Kumar and Carlos Carrillo-Gallegos (Columbia University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Bayesian Nonparametric Ensemble (BNE) algorithm for predictions of high spatiotemporal PM2.5 concentrations
Tabitha Lee (University of Houston)
Heatwave Effects on NO2 Concentrations and Populations in Houston, TX
Hazem Mahmoud (NASA LaRC ASDC ADNET)
Impact of Canadian Wildfires 2023 on North Atlantic’s Region Air Quality : An Analysis Using ASDC Data
Jennifer McGinnis (Colorado State University)
Satellite Detection of Dust
Kazuyuki Miyazaki (NASA JPL)
Supporting health impact assessment using satellite-derived emission and air quality data
Gabriel Mojica (NASA LaRC ASDC)
Atmospheric Science Data Center’s Suborbital Tools and Services
Xiaohua Pan (NASA GSFC/GES DISC)
Update of HAQAST Products at NASA GES DISC: Data and Resources
Elise Penn (Harvard University)
A proposed top-down/bottom-up inventory for coal mine methane emissions using remote sensing observations
Sai Deepak Pinakana (University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley)
Impact of Stubble Burning Activities on Local Air Quality in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas
Minghao Qiu (Stanford / Stony Brook University)
Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the US under future climate change
Mukesh Rai (NASA/JPL- Caltech)
Exploring the role of atmospheric rivers in extreme air pollution events
Alqamah Sayeed (USRA/NASA-MSFC – SERVIR)
Breathing Easy: How SERVIR Applies Research to Address Air Quality Challenges in Data Scarce Regions
Junhyeon Seo (NASA GFSC)
PM2.5 3-day Forecasting at U.S. Embassy Locations using Machine Learning
Amir Souri (NASA GSFC/GESTARII)
First Ozone Production Rate Estimates from Space
Madankui Tao (Columbia University / Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Contrasting Spatial Responses in Air Pollution to Hourly Anthropogenic Emissions in the Contiguous United States
Chang-Fu Wu (National Taiwan University)
Applying a Fusion Approach of GAM and XGBoost to Predict Spatiotemporal Distributions of Daily Elemental PM2.5 in Taiwan
Xinran Wu (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Characterizing multi-pollutant emission impacts of sulfur reduction strategies from coal power plants
Yuanyu Xie (Princeton University)
County level understanding of the health impacts of increasing wildfire smoke
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