Missouri satellite air quality project

The St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas each face challenges in meeting national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter and ozone. This effort introduces CALIPSO and OMI satellite observations into State air-quality decision-making. By integrating remote sensing data, monitoring will evolve from a sparse, 2-D network into the third (vertical) dimension to allow for modeling comparisons above ground level. In support of the air quality and public health national applications and focusing on air quality compliance, planning, and emissions Inventories, the work proposes to enhance the Missouri State implementation plan (SIP) decision support system with NASA Earth science results to improve decision-making related to ozone and particulate matter. Expected outcomes include improved decision support information providing enhanced decisions, improved air quality management choices, improved air quality, improved health, and lowered societal cost.