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Hazy Skies in a Growing City

Chiang Mai, the largest city in northern Thailand, is famed for having hundreds of Buddhist temples, some of which date to the city’s founding in th...

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Grappling with Thailand’s Seasonal Haze

Each year in January and February, satellites begin to detect waves of smoke and fire in Southeast Asia, particularly in highland forests in Cambodia,...

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NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire

NASA - The DC-8 aircraft returned to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1, 2024, after completi...

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Langley’s Angelique Demetillo, center, in her flight suit after a flight in the Philippines for the ASIA-AQ mission along with mission partners from the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Manila Observatory. NASA/Kevin Rohrer

Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: The Langley ASIA-AQ...

In honor of Women’s History Month, we caught up with the ASIA-AQ team on the other side of the Earth and asked the women from Langley about their in...

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Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: The Langley ASIA-AQ Tea

NASA - In honor of Women’s History Month, we caught up with the ASIA-AQ team on the other side of the Earth and asked the women from Langley about ...

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Deep dive into important missions with NASA's G-3 aircraft

GISTDA - GISTDA joins with NASA to survey and collect air data in Thailand with the ASIA-AQ mission. In-depth look at the important missions of NASA'...

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Deep dive into important missions with the DC-8, NASA's...

GISTDA - GISTDA joins NASA to survey and collect air data in Thailand with the ASIA-AQ mission. In-depth look at the important missions of NASA's DC-8...

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ASIA-AQ

Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality

ASIA-AQ is an opportunity for international collaboration, working with local partners to apply multi-perspective observations in a consistent strategy across interested Asian countries to improve both specific understanding of local air quality issues and general understanding of common challenges in the interpretation of satellite observations and modeling of air quality.


PURPOSE: Improve understanding of the factors controlling local air quality across Asia through multi-perspective observations and modeling.

APPROACH: Conduct airborne sampling across three to five locations in collaboration with local scientists, air quality agencies, and other relevant government partners.

PHILOSOPHY: Openly share data during all phases, conduct joint analysis with local sicentists and air quality agencies, and report findings to local governments.

   

Check out the ASIA-AQ white paper.