Blevins, Brock

Gupta, Pawan

Prados, Ana I.

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 NASA’s ARSET Program: Building 
Capacity to Utilize Aura data for Air 
Quality Applications 
 
 
Pawan Gupta, Ana. I. Prados, and Brock Blevins 
 
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 
GESTAR/USRA/JCET/UMBC 
 
 EOS Aura Science Team Meeting, September 15-18, 2014 
10th year anniversary celebration! 
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20140017847 2019-08-31T14:26:36+00:00Z
NASA Applied Sciences and Capacity Building 
  
National and international activities to engage 
and train users applying NASA Earth Science 
satellites and modeling data in their decision 
making activities 
NASA Applied Science : Capacity Building Program  
Applied Remote SEnsing Training, ARSET 
(GSFC) 
On-line and hands on basic/advanced 
trainings tailored to end-uses organizations
 
DEVELOP (LaRC national office) 
Dual student/local government capacity 
building using collaborative projects 
 
SERVIR Coordination Office (MSFC) 
Building international capacity with hubs in 
-East Africa  
-Hindu Kush - Himalaya  
-Mesoamerica 
 
Gulf of Mexico Initiative, GOMI (SSC) 
Building Gulf region’s capacity for local 
environmental management 
   
NASA Earth Science 
Applied Sciences Program 
Ecological 
Forecasting 
Agricultural 
Efficiency 
Weather  
Climate 
Water 
Resources 
Disaster 
Management 
Public Health 
Applications to Decision Making:  Thematic Areas 
Applied Remote Sensing Training Program  (ARSET) 
 
GOAL:  
 
Increase utilization of NASA observational and 
model data for decision-support  
 
Online and hands-on courses: 
•  Who: policy makers, environmental                   
   managers, modelers and other professionals   
   in the public and private sectors. 
   Where: U.S and internationally 
•  When: throughout the year. Check websites. 
•  Do NOT require prior remote- sensing   
   background. 
• Presentations and hands-on guided   
   computer exercises on how to access, 
   interpret and use NASA satellite images for 
   decision-support.  
 
        
 
 
NASA Training for California Air Resources 
Board, Sacramento 
 
Smoke 
Health & Air Quality   
 
• 2008 – present  
• 34 Trainings  
• 1000+ end-users  
• Analysis of dust,                                        
fires and urban air                                     
pollution. 
• Long range transport of pollutants                                            
• Satellite and regional air quality                                               
model inter-comparisons. 
• Support for air quality forecasting                                
  and exceptional event analysis  
Water Resources and Flood Monitoring 
 
• April 2011 – present 
•  9 Trainings 
• 500+ end-users 
•  Flood/Drought monitoring 
•  Severe weather and    
   precipitation 
•  Watershed management  
• Climate impacts on water resources 
•  Snow/ice monitoring  
• Evapotranspiration (ET),                             
ground water, soil                                             
moisture, and runoff. 
 
Land Use/Change and Ecology 
• First webinar just completed and in-person                              
courses planned 
•  Focus on NGOs and Federal agencies 
• GIS applications 
• Land use/change and vegetation indices 
• Fire products 
 
Land Cover 
Inundation mapping 
Satellite derived 
precipitation  
Nitrogen Dioxide over China 
LAND COVER 
Applied Remote Sensing Training Program  (ARSET) 
 
ARSET: 2009 – 2013 
 
1500+ end-users reached 
552 organizations 
 
  
Number of participating 
organizations per country: Air 
Quality, Water Resources, 
Flood Monitoring. 
Gradual Learning Approach 
Basic Training 
Webinars 
Hands-on 
Assumes no prior knowledge of RS 
Advanced Training 
Hands-on 
Webinar course generally required 
Focused on a specific 
application/problem/Data: for example 
dust or smoke monitoring in a specific 
country or region 
Online Training 
In-Person Training 
What is covered in a typical ARSET 
Air Quality Training? 
 
 
 Or 
 
How is ARSET using AURA data 
  
Types of Training Modules 
 
• Trace Gas (OMI) imagery access and 
interpretation: 
                           - Giovanni, MIRADOR 
                           - NASA AVDC 
• Case Studies in the application of Aura data for  a 
specific area of interest, e.g. Texas (Spring 2014), 
LADCO region (Midwest, 2013), NESCAUM/MARAMA 
(Fall 2013), California Air Resources Board (2010, 
2011) 
 
• Benefits and limitations of Aura remote sensing 
products 
 
  
Satellite Data & Applications  
•MODIS 
•OMI 
•CALIPSO 
•MISR 
•VIIRS 
•TRMM 
Model-Satellite Inter-comparison: 
  
CMAQ NO2 OMI NO2 
▪ This application has been covered multiple times during ARSET 
trainings at the CMAS annual conference (2009 – 2013) 
 
▪ The RSIG EPA tool, which provided access to NASA and CMAQ 
data will be taught at a training at EPA RTP next week 
Dust from Mongolian Deserts reaches the US 
Long Range Transport:  
Accessible via Worldview and Giovanni 
Smoke travels around the world in 11 days 
OMI Aerosol Index has been extensively used to track absorbing 
aerosols transport around the globe 
Air Quality Trends: Webinar for the 
Indian Subcontinent, March 2014 
  
courtesy: Lok Lamsal 
Lu et al., 2013 
OMI NO2  
Trends 
OMI SO2  
Trends 
Level 2G and Level 3 data access and 
analysis modules are developed based 
on NASA online GIOVANNI tool   
AERONET over CCNY 
2001 
Air Quality Trends 
▪ We provide examples of current or recent research applications 
 
▪ Developed interactive exercises using Giovanni & L2 data for more 
advance users 
2009 
An ARSET/AQAST Collaboration 
  
Data User Guide 
Bryan N. Duncan, Ana I. Prados, Lok N. Lamsal, Yang Liu, David G. Streets, 
Pawan Gupta, Ernest Hilsenrath, Ralph A. Kahn, J. Eric Nielsen, Andreas J. 
Beyersdorf, Sharon P. Burton, Arlene M. Fiore, Jack Fishman, Daven K. Henze, 
Chris A. Hostetler, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Pius Lee, Meiyun Lin, Steven Pawson, 
Gabriele Pfister, Kenneth E. Pickering, R. Bradley Pierce, Yasuko Yoshida, Luke D. 
Ziemba, Satellite data of atmospheric pollution for U.S. air quality 
applications: Examples of applications, summary of data end-user resources, 
answers to FAQs, and common mistakes to avoid, Atmospheric Environment, 
Volume 94, September 2014, Pages 647-662, ISSN 1352-2310,  
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.061.  
 
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231014004270) 
 
http://arset.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 
Training Modules in 
English and Spanish 
 
 
Updates on upcoming 
workshops 
 
 
Data Product Tables 
 
 
Links to popular NASA 
web tools for decision 
support 
 


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