Airborne Expedition Tackles Global Air Quality Problem

Next week NASA and the Republic of Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) embark on the collaborative Korea United States Air Quality study (KORUS-AQ). The KORUS-AQ field campaign will combine observations from aircraft, satellites, ships and ground stations with air quality models to assess and monitor air quality across urban, rural and coastal areas.

Air movements over the Republic of Korea Computer simulation of wind-blown pollutants over East Asia.
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