GISTDA - GISTDA joins with NASA to fly surveys and collect air data in Thailand.

Today we are with Dr. Pakorn Phetprayoon, Director of the Geoinformatics Innovation Development Office from GISTDA, at U-Tapao Airport, Rayong Province, along with an update on his work with NASA in collecting weather data in Thailand with the ASIA-AQ mission.

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 (Douglas DC-8) aircraft. What main missions does this aircraft have?

Interview with Jim Crawford, Senior Scientist NASA's Atmospheric Chemistry Department, who is planning the operation of the DC-8 aircraft.

ABS-CBN News - Mission scientists and flight crew of Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) on Febrruary 8, 2024 give members of the press a tour on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) DC-8 flying laboratory and Gill Aircraft at Clark International Airport in Pampanga. The study will be used in collecting detailed air quality data over multiple locations in Asia including the Philippines that will improve the understanding of local air quality issues. 

Philippine News Agency - MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Tuesday a DC-8 aircraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) would fly at low altitude over the Manila urban area to study the air quality in the Philippines as part of an international collaboration.

Taiwan News - TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Environment (MOE) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are cooperating on an Asian Air Quality Experiment with two NASA aircraft carrying out air quality observations for about four hours in central, southern, and eastern Taiwan on Thursday (Feb. 15).

Taipei Times - Two NASA aircraft yesterday flew over Taiwan to collect air quality samples as part of a joint study with countries across the Asia-Pacific region, the Ministry of Environment said.

The four-hour mission would generate a 3D map of air pollution in central and southern Taiwan, the ministry wrote in a news release published hours before the survey.

Open-source flight trackers show that the NASA DC-8 and Gulfstream III took off from the Philippines and circled cities in Taiwan before landing in South Korea

ABS-CBN News - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) DC-8 airborne science laboratory is seen flying over Quezon City on February 11, 2024. The NASA lab planes began their low-pass flights over cities to measure and forecast air pollution in several heavily populated metropolises in the country from February 11 to February 15.

NDTV - World News - Starting this week in the Philippines, the US agency's DC-8 is flying for up to eight hours at a time -- sometimes just 15 metres from the ground -- to swoop up air particles for study.

National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) -  According to the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT), the flight, part of the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of NASA’s Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) project, was conducted with the aim of analyzing air pollution dispersion at various atmospheric levels. The aircraft executed a low-altitude 'missed approach' maneuver over the province at 10:30 am, a technique crucial for collecting detailed environmental data.

Maeil Business Newspaper Korea (MK) - Tomorrow, on the 23rd, NASA's air quality observatory will fly at a low altitude over the metropolitan area...

The National Institute of Environmental Research and NASA are conducting a joint Asian Air Quality Survey (ASIA-AQ) to determine the cause of winter air pollution.