Earth Information Exchange: Air Quality
The overarching objective of the ESIP Air Quality Cluster is to connect air quality data consumers with the providers of those data. The AQ Cluster aims to:
- bring people and ideas together on how to connect earth science data with air quality managers
- facilitate the flow of earth science data to air quality management
- provide an environment in which to build and demonstrate information flow projects that are focused on specific data or technology objectives.
The cluster's current focus is on the identification and development of projects that will demonstrate the connection of distributed data sources, information technologies, and decision support needs. An example is the application of mediation technologies (i.e., web services, service oriented architecture) to bring together satellite observations of atmospheric pollutant concentrations with air quality model output in order to improve model accuracy. The Air Quality and Public Health Clusters are pursuing joint activities.
The cluster's activity along with background information is captured on the ESIP Wiki: http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Air_Quality_Cluster
Featured Project
- Near Term Air Quality Opportunities
Near Term Air Quality Opportunities
During the Summer 2006 ESIP meeting, an opportunity surfaced for ESIP to coordinate with NASA, EPA and NOAA in working together to address the near term air quality opportunities outlined by the US GEO. The objective is to create a framework and environment that fosters sharing data, information and services between our respective efforts in developing air quality information systems. More info
