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 70+ 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.
HAQAST Missouri was held in St. Louis, Missouri, April 18-19, 2023 at the Knight Center on the Washington University Campus. In this public meeting we discussed environmental justice, new NASA missions, satellite-derived PM2.5, ground-level ozone, climate change and heat, health impacts of air pollution, and more!
This meeting was an opportunity for sharing updates and new results, networking, and discussion.
April 18th
- Session 1 – Overview of NASA HAQAST
- Session 2A – Satellite Data for Environmental Justice
- Session 2B – Improving Wildfire Smoke Forecasts and Hindcasts
- Session 3A – Broadening the Use of NASA Resources
- Session 3B – Health Impact Assessment for Prescribed Fires and Air Pollution
- Session 4A – Discussion on TEMPO Applications for Surface Ozone and Health
- Session 4B – Discussion on Advances and Insights from Satellite-Derived PM2.5
- Poster Session
April 19th
- Session 5A – Satellite Data to Support Emission Control Strategies
- Session 5B – Extreme Events, Climate Change, and Health Risks
- Session 6A – Potential Applications for Future Satellite Missions for Public Health
- Session 6B – Trends in Light and Air Pollution: Implications for Oil, Gas, and Beyond
- Virtual Flash Talks
Posters
Deepangsu Chatterjee (Washington University in St. Louis)
Regional Source Contributions to Fine Particulate Matter and Attributable Mortality in South Asia
Megan Christiansen (University of Iowa)
Enrich and Enhance the Application of TEMPO and GEOS Data Products for Regional Air Quality and Public Health Management under Smoke Conditions
Yun Hang (Emory University)
Using NASA Earth Observations to Support Environmental Justice Communities in Atlanta, Georgia
Colleen Heck (University of Wisconsin—Madison)
Applying Satellite-derived PM2.5 Data to Policy-relevant Air Quality Metrics
Alicia Hoffman (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Investigating the Role of Different Nocturnal Heterogeneous Chemistry Model Schemes on Daytime Air Quality
Mitra Kashani (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and Tanya Kreutzer-Sayyed (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
Satellite Data for Environmental Justice: A Scoping Review
Meryl Kruskopf (NASA SERVIR, University of Alabama Huntsville)
Breathing Easy: How SERVIR Applies Research to Address Air Quality Challenges in Data Scarce Regions
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Lizzy Kysela (University of Wisconsin—Madison)
Applying SenMAP to Assess Air Quality, Equity, and Health in Milwaukee
Chi Li (Washington University in St. Louis)
Reversal of Trends in Global Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution
Yuruo Li (City Health Dashboard)
Putting Data to Action: Use the City Health Dashboard to Engage Communities and Improve Health
Hazem Mahmoud (NASA Langley)
Overview of TEMPO: Anticipated Applications in Air Quality, Science, and Health by the ASDC
Jennifer McGinnis (University of Wisconsin—Madison)
Satellite Data for Local PM10 Sources: A Case Study of the Oceano Dunes
Aryiana Moore (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Distribution Dilemma: Assessing Warehouse-Associated Air Pollution using CMAQ and TROPOMI NO2
Andrew Sayer (University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
NASA’s PACE Mission Launches in January 2024 and Will Provide Data Relevant to the Air Quality Community
Ben Sonpon (Missouri University of Science & Technology)
Atmospheric Transport of Radio Pollutants from Reactors
Siyuan Shen (Washington University in St. Louis)
Improving the Representation of the AOD to PM2.5 Relationship with a Convolutional Neural Network
Dandan Zhang (Washington University in St. Louis)
Advances in Simulating the Global Spatial Heterogeneity of Air Quality and Sectoral Contributions: Insights into the Global South
Haihui Zhu (Washington University in St. Louis)
Global Spatial Variation in the PM2.5 to AOD relationship and its Driving Factors
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