Recent Developments in Satellite Remote Sensing for Air Pollution Surveillance in Support of Sustainable Development Goals

Dimitris Stratoulias; Narissara Nuthammachot; Racha Dejchanchaiwong; Perapong Tekasakul; Gregory R. Carmichael

doi:10.3390/rs16162932

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Recent Developments in Satellite Remote Sensing for Air Pollution Surveillance in Support of Sustainable Development Goals

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Recent Developments in Satellite Remote Sensing for Air Pollution Surveillance in Support of Sustainable Development Goals

Dimitris Stratoulias, Narissara Nuthammachot, Racha Dejchanchaiwong, Perapong Tekasakul and Gregory R. Carmichael

Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.16(16), 2932

08/09/2024

DOI: 10.3390/rs16162932

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Abstract

Air pollution is an integral part of climatic, environmental, and socioeconomic current affairs and a cross-cutting component of certain United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hence, reliable information on air pollution and human exposure is a crucial element in policy recommendations and decisions. At the same time, Earth Observation is steadily gaining confidence as a data input in the calculation of various SDG indicators. The current paper focuses on the usability of modern satellite remote sensing in the context of SDGs relevant to air quality. We introduce the socioeconomic importance of air quality and discuss the current uptake of geospatial information. The latest developments in Earth Observation provide measurements of finer spatial, temporal, and radiometric resolution products with increased global coverage, long-term continuation, and coherence in measurements. Leveraging on the two latest operational satellite technologies available, namely the Sentinel-5P and the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) missions, we demonstrate two potential operational applications for quantifying air pollution at city and regional scales. Based on the two examples and by discussing the near-future anticipated geospatial capabilities, we showcase and advocate that the potential of satellite remote sensing as a, complementary to ground station networks, source of air pollution information is gaining confidence. As such, it can be an invaluable tool for quantifying global air pollution and deriving robust population exposure estimates.

air pollution

criteria pollutants

PM2.5

SDG

health

environmental exposure

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Title: Subtitle: Recent Developments in Satellite Remote Sensing for Air Pollution Surveillance in Support of Sustainable Development Goals
Creators: Dimitris Stratoulias - Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Narissara Nuthammachot - Prince of Songkla University
Racha Dejchanchaiwong - Prince of Songkla University
Perapong Tekasakul - Prince of Songkla University
Gregory R. Carmichael - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.16(16), 2932
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs16162932
ISSN: 2072-4292
eISSN: 2072-4292
Grant note: NSRF: B42G670042
This research received funding support from the NSRF via the Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research, and Innovation [grant number B42G670042] and Air Pollution and Health Effect Research Center, Prince of Songkla University.
Language: English
Date published: 08/09/2024
Academic Unit: Nursing; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering
Record Identifier: 9984697760002771

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