This document discusses the usefulness of satellite observations for air quality applications and regulatory requirements. It outlines six key air quality requirements that satellites can help address, such as determining compliance with air quality standards and identifying long-range pollution transport events. The document also notes how satellites can help improve emissions estimates, characterize long-range transport of pollution, and increase interaction between air quality and remote sensing scientists. However, it cautions that relating satellite aerosol optical depth measurements directly to ground-level PM concentrations currently has too much uncertainty for regulatory or public health applications.
A five-year National Science Foundation-funded Research Coordination Network (RCN), the “OceanObs” RCN, is currently in its third year. The RCN, through a series of working groups continues to focus on key issues in ocean observations. Two outcomes are highlighted in this presentation. Recommendations for improvements in the joint use of in situ and remote sensing were developed by one of the RCN’s working groups; an exemplar use case considered observation of coastal waters. An RCN supported working group examined the maturity of sensors for ocean biology observations. This presentation reviews the outcomes of these working groups.
A five-year National Science Foundation-funded Research Coordination Network (RCN), the “OceanObs” RCN, is currently in its third year. The RCN, through a series of working groups continues to focus on key issues in ocean observations. Two outcomes are highlighted in this presentation. Recommendations for improvements in the joint use of in situ and remote sensing were developed by one of the RCN’s working groups; an exemplar use case considered observation of coastal waters. An RCN supported working group examined the maturity of sensors for ocean biology observations. This presentation reviews the outcomes of these working groups.
Measuring megacity air by Miikka Dal Maso and CraesCLEEN_Ltd
CLEEN's MMEA program organised an international seminar on cleaner air - Outdoor and indoor air quality together with Zhejiang University and assistant organizer Insigma group.
This is one of the presentations in the seminar.
More info in www.mmea.fi
The cleantech field is expanding rapidly and Finnish companies are committed to working for a better environment in the fields of energy efficiency, air quality and monitoring. The world-class Cleantech know-how from Finland and the cooperation with Chinese partners and the results were highlighted in the MMEA seminar. Some of the leading Finnish cleantech companies together with Finnish and Chinese research institutions were present at the event. The seminars focused on cooperation between Finland and China concerning indoor and outdoor air quality and solutions to make them better.
EPA’s scientists and engineers are pushing the scientific frontiers in low-cost and portable air sensor monitoring that is engaging communities to learn about their air quality. At the same time, they are inspiring young people to learn what science can do to protect the air we breathe. See what they have accomplished over the last five years (2012-2016).
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched an air measurement study in Kansas City, KS, in October 2017 to give residents in three neighborhoods more information on air pollution emitted from nearby highways, railways and industry.
For one year, researchers are collecting data from new measurement technology developed in the lab and working with residents on a citizen science project.
Air Pollution Monitoring in India using Aeroqual Compact Air Quality Monitori...Carl Beck
Learn how a compact air quality monitoring system is being used to monitor ambient air pollution in India. The sensor-based air monitoring station delivers Near Reference air quality data at a third of the cost of traditional reference monitoring stations.
In March, the U.S. Department of Energy released data recorded from its Aerial Measuring System as well as ground detectors deployed along with its Consequence Management Response Teams. Today, the Department provided the following update on the information gathered by the AMS. This is the second round of data that was collected and analyzed jointly with the Government of Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). For a link to the joint monitoring data posted on May 6, visit the MEXT webpage: http://www.mext.go.jp/component/english/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/05/10/1304797_0506.pdf
On March 15, 33 experts from the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) arrived in Japan along with more than 17,200 pounds of equipment. After initial deployments at U.S. consulates and military installations in Japan, these teams have utilized their unique skills, expertise and equipment to help assess, survey, monitor and sample areas for radiation. The 33 team members joined another six DOE personnel already in Japan.
On March 15, 33 experts from the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) arrived in Japan along with more than 17,200 pounds of equipment. After initial deployments at U.S. consulates and military installations in Japan, these teams have utilized their unique skills, expertise and equipment to help assess, survey, monitor and sample areas for radiation. The 33 team members joined another six DOE personnel already in Japan.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Energy released data recorded from its Aerial Monitoring System as well as ground detectors deployed along with its Consequence Management Response Teams. Today, the Department provided the following update on the information gathered by the AMS. The information has also been shared with the government of Japan as part of the United States' ongoing efforts to support Japan with the recovery and response effort.
On March 15, 33 experts from the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) arrived in Japan along with more than 17,200 pounds of equipment. After initial deployments at U.S. consulates and military installations in Japan, these teams have utilized their unique skills, expertise and equipment to help assess, survey, monitor and sample areas for radiation. The 33 team members joined another six DOE personnel already in Japan.
Benefits of Low-Cost Ambient Air Quality Monitoring SystemOizom
Low-cost Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) is compact, lightweight and cost-effective. It provides real-time high precision environment data, with geospatial and ubiquitous monitoring. Low-cost air quality sensors provide 360-degree ambient air monitoring for public awareness. The data can assist in encouraging community participation for air quality monitoring. It is the future of air monitoring in India.
Cities operate ambient air quality monitoring networks but often do not analyze and interpret the data. Data gets simply "stacked". Networks are not configured correctly capturing the data trends and monitoring objectives. This presentation provides guidance and uses Mumbai's ambient air quality data to illustrate application
On March 15, 33 experts from the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) arrived in Japan along with more than 17,200 pounds of equipment. After initial deployments at U.S. consulates and military installations in Japan, these teams have utilized their unique skills, expertise and equipment to help assess, survey, monitor and sample areas for radiation. The 33 team members joined another six DOE personnel already in Japan.
Measuring megacity air by Miikka Dal Maso and CraesCLEEN_Ltd
CLEEN's MMEA program organised an international seminar on cleaner air - Outdoor and indoor air quality together with Zhejiang University and assistant organizer Insigma group.
This is one of the presentations in the seminar.
More info in www.mmea.fi
The cleantech field is expanding rapidly and Finnish companies are committed to working for a better environment in the fields of energy efficiency, air quality and monitoring. The world-class Cleantech know-how from Finland and the cooperation with Chinese partners and the results were highlighted in the MMEA seminar. Some of the leading Finnish cleantech companies together with Finnish and Chinese research institutions were present at the event. The seminars focused on cooperation between Finland and China concerning indoor and outdoor air quality and solutions to make them better.
EPA’s scientists and engineers are pushing the scientific frontiers in low-cost and portable air sensor monitoring that is engaging communities to learn about their air quality. At the same time, they are inspiring young people to learn what science can do to protect the air we breathe. See what they have accomplished over the last five years (2012-2016).
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched an air measurement study in Kansas City, KS, in October 2017 to give residents in three neighborhoods more information on air pollution emitted from nearby highways, railways and industry.
For one year, researchers are collecting data from new measurement technology developed in the lab and working with residents on a citizen science project.
Air Pollution Monitoring in India using Aeroqual Compact Air Quality Monitori...Carl Beck
Learn how a compact air quality monitoring system is being used to monitor ambient air pollution in India. The sensor-based air monitoring station delivers Near Reference air quality data at a third of the cost of traditional reference monitoring stations.
In March, the U.S. Department of Energy released data recorded from its Aerial Measuring System as well as ground detectors deployed along with its Consequence Management Response Teams. Today, the Department provided the following update on the information gathered by the AMS. This is the second round of data that was collected and analyzed jointly with the Government of Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). For a link to the joint monitoring data posted on May 6, visit the MEXT webpage: http://www.mext.go.jp/component/english/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/05/10/1304797_0506.pdf
On March 15, 33 experts from the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) arrived in Japan along with more than 17,200 pounds of equipment. After initial deployments at U.S. consulates and military installations in Japan, these teams have utilized their unique skills, expertise and equipment to help assess, survey, monitor and sample areas for radiation. The 33 team members joined another six DOE personnel already in Japan.
On March 15, 33 experts from the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) arrived in Japan along with more than 17,200 pounds of equipment. After initial deployments at U.S. consulates and military installations in Japan, these teams have utilized their unique skills, expertise and equipment to help assess, survey, monitor and sample areas for radiation. The 33 team members joined another six DOE personnel already in Japan.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Energy released data recorded from its Aerial Monitoring System as well as ground detectors deployed along with its Consequence Management Response Teams. Today, the Department provided the following update on the information gathered by the AMS. The information has also been shared with the government of Japan as part of the United States' ongoing efforts to support Japan with the recovery and response effort.
On March 15, 33 experts from the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) arrived in Japan along with more than 17,200 pounds of equipment. After initial deployments at U.S. consulates and military installations in Japan, these teams have utilized their unique skills, expertise and equipment to help assess, survey, monitor and sample areas for radiation. The 33 team members joined another six DOE personnel already in Japan.
Benefits of Low-Cost Ambient Air Quality Monitoring SystemOizom
Low-cost Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) is compact, lightweight and cost-effective. It provides real-time high precision environment data, with geospatial and ubiquitous monitoring. Low-cost air quality sensors provide 360-degree ambient air monitoring for public awareness. The data can assist in encouraging community participation for air quality monitoring. It is the future of air monitoring in India.
Cities operate ambient air quality monitoring networks but often do not analyze and interpret the data. Data gets simply "stacked". Networks are not configured correctly capturing the data trends and monitoring objectives. This presentation provides guidance and uses Mumbai's ambient air quality data to illustrate application
On March 15, 33 experts from the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) arrived in Japan along with more than 17,200 pounds of equipment. After initial deployments at U.S. consulates and military installations in Japan, these teams have utilized their unique skills, expertise and equipment to help assess, survey, monitor and sample areas for radiation. The 33 team members joined another six DOE personnel already in Japan.
David Kaufmann
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology
(Friday, 3.00, Science 2)
Support for clinical handover remains a challenge for Health Informatics. Obstetric Handover is an important multi-disciplinary activity that can have important consequences for patient safety. Although IT systems can be used to support handover, the improvement of handover is not a purely IT-based problem. This project took place in the context of a clinical improvement process designed to formalise and improve handover in a busy delivery unit. This study used investigative tools from the usability domain in order to understand the usability requirements of a complete socio-technical system - the handover process. This work demonstrated the feasibility of using such tools and illustrated potential usability problems and solutions in the clinical handover process. Changes were made in IT systems, the organisation of the handover and the physical environment. Evaluation of the modified approach is being conducted, in the light of some usability issues already discovered.
O aumento da energia elétrica e a busca por alternativas para reduzir o consumo foram os assuntos mais falados no Twitter e Facebook. Estudo da consultoria Le Fil, realizado entre os dias 10 e 20 de março, após reajuste das tarifas, mostra ainda que 51% das menções são reclamações de brasileiros, sendo 71% delas referentes ao aumento da tarifa. Em segundo lugar, aparecem reclamações sobre quedas e falta de energia (20% das reclamações). O estudo analisou 1.016 menções publicadas pelos usuários de Twitter e Facebook a partir da palavra-chave “energia elétrica”.
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International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is a team of researchers not publication services or private publications running the journals for monetary benefits, we are association of scientists and academia who focus only on supporting authors who want to publish their work. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online, all the articles will be archived for real time access.
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International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
ONLINE SCALABLE SVM ENSEMBLE LEARNING METHOD (OSSELM) FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL AIR...IJDKP
Environmental air pollution studies fail to consider the fact that air pollution is a spatio-temporal problem.
The volume and complexity of the data have created the need to explore various machine learning models,
however, those models have advantages and disadvantages when applied to regional air pollution analysis,
furthermore, most environmental problems are global distribution problems. This research addressed
spatio-temporal problem using decentralized computational technique named Online Scalable SVM
Ensemble Learning Method (OSSELM). Evaluation criteria for computational air pollution analysis
includes: accuracy, real time & prediction, spatio-temporal and decentralised analysis, we assert that these
criteria can be improved using the proposed OSSELM. Special consideration is given to distributed
ensemble to resolve spatio-temporal data collection problem (i.e. the data collected from multiple
monitoring stations dispersed over a geographical location). Moreover, the experimental results
demonstrated that the proposed OSSELM produced impressive results compare to SVM ensemble for air
pollution analysis in Auckland region.
ONLINE SCALABLE SVM ENSEMBLE LEARNING METHOD (OSSELM) FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL AIR...IJDKP
Environmental air pollution studies fail to consider the fact that air pollution is a spatio-temporal problem. The volume and complexity of the data have created the need to explore various machine learning models, however, those models have advantages and disadvantages when applied to regional air pollution analysis, furthermore, most environmental problems are global distribution problems. This research addressed spatio-temporal problem using decentralized computational technique named Online Scalable SVM Ensemble Learning Method (OSSELM). Evaluation criteria for computational air pollution analysis includes: accuracy, real time & prediction, spatio-temporal and decentralised analysis, we assert that these criteria can be improved using the proposed OSSELM. Special consideration is given to distributed ensemble to resolve spatio-temporal data collection problem (i.e. the data collected from multiple monitoring stations dispersed over a geographical location). Moreover, the experimental results demonstrated that the proposed OSSELM produced impressive results compare to SVM ensemble for air pollution analysis in Auckland region.
ONLINE SCALABLE SVM ENSEMBLE LEARNING METHOD (OSSELM) FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL AIR...IJDKP
Environmental air pollution studies fail to consider the fact that air pollution is a spatio-temporal problem.
The volume and complexity of the data have created the need to explore various machine learning models,
however, those models have advantages and disadvantages when applied to regional air pollution analysis,
furthermore, most environmental problems are global distribution problems. This research addressed
spatio-temporal problem using decentralized computational technique named Online Scalable SVM
Ensemble Learning Method (OSSELM). Evaluation criteria for computational air pollution analysis
includes: accuracy, real time & prediction, spatio-temporal and decentralised analysis, we assert that these
criteria can be improved using the proposed OSSELM. Special consideration is given to distributed
ensemble to resolve spatio-temporal data collection problem (i.e. the data collected from multiple
monitoring stations dispersed over a geographical location). Moreover, the experimental results
demonstrated that the proposed OSSELM produced impressive results compare to SVM ensemble for air
pollution analysis in Auckland region.
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL course material by Prof S S JAHAGIRDAR,NKOCET,SOLAPUR for BE (CIVIL ) students of Solapur university. Content will be also useful for SHIVAJI and PUNE university students
Environmental monitoring refers to the tools and techniques designed to observe an environment, characterize its quality, and establish environmental parameters, for the purpose of accurately quantifying the impact an activity has on an environment. Results are gathered, analyzed statistically, and then published in a risk assessment and environmental monitoring and impact assessment repor
2. AQ Applications
A top-down picture of the usefulness of satellite observations in terms
of air quality regulatory and technical support requirements can be
summarized. The air quality requirements4 are
• determination of compliance with the ambient air quality
standards,
• inference of human and ecosystem exposure,
• identification of intra- and intercontinental events relevant to EE,
• establishment of trends in ambient concentrations relevant to
accountability,
• regulatory and forecast model applications, and
• extension of fundamental knowledge relevant to air quality.
Each of these topics is important to air quality management, and each
has detailed technical issues associated with spatial and temporal
resolution, accuracy, and precision, etc.
5. Emissions
Satellite-based estimation of emissions
complement bottom-up inventories by
– Improving poorly characterized and growing regions
such as China and India
– Quantifying the ‘natural’ aerosol emissions from
windblown dust, biomass smoke; NOx from lightning
and soil; VOCs form biogenic activities.
Included in emission processing for CMAQ
Model ‘validation’
Unique Contribution: NAAPS – Emissions by Sat-
Assimilation
6. Long Range Transport
Satellites can characterize/quantify LRTP
• Detection of transport events (natural & anthropogenic)
• Quantify fluxes
• Improved characterization models
Unique contribution: CMAQ - NAAPS Sat-
Assimilation
7. RECOMMENDATIONS
Investigators should be encouraged to forward
• increased interaction between the various measurement communities; air quality
and and remote sensing scientists working more closely
• facilitate the utility of a comprehensive portfolio of measurements
• adjunct analyses approaches for improved air quality applications.
Can near-term satellite observations play a role in characterizing broad based
(outdoor) exposure to pollutants and consequently influence public health
improvement? and, if so, then,
What comprehensive, integrated system is needed if satellite observations are to be
used together with ground based observations and modeling to continue improving
air quality management options?
8. CONCLUSIONS
Ground-based PM (mass) concentration measurements, as operated in EPA’s Air
Quality System (AQS) network and other agency ground networks, measure at a point
in situ, ambient PM (PM2.5 and PM between 2.5 and 10 um [PM10–2.5]) mass
concentrations. These observations characterize urban and nonurban conditions on
spatial scales much less than the pixel averages from aloft.
AOD measures of PM, by themselves, cannot be used to underpin regulatory AQS
forecasting because AOD column abundance cannot be quantitatively verified to equal
ground PM concentrations. Unless the vertical structure of the AOD can be
constrained, and atmospheric boundary layer composition extracted, the
measurement cannot be assured to represent PM at the surface.
The uncertainty in the relationship between remotely sensed and surface
concentration measurements is too high for application to regulatory requirements or
public health warnings (??).