Description

The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of POllution (TEMPO) mission is the first space-based instrument to continuously measure daytime air quality over North America, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and from Central Canada to Mexico City. These data are essential for understanding diurnal changes in air quality and monitoring real-time movement of pollutant plumes, such as wildfire smoke and urban emissions. This training, led by NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET), will provide an overview of TEMPO capabilities and available trace gas data products, and illustrate how TEMPO data can be visualized using NASA Worldview online. These capabilities will be demonstrated through hands-on exercises where participants will look at TEMPO data events and learn how to interpret TEMPO observations to better understand the scope and potential air quality impact of these types of hazards.

Prerequisites

• Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

Objectives

By the end of this training attendees will be able to:

• Describe the basic characteristics of TEMPO and its benefits and limitations compared to other air-quality-relevant missions and instruments
• Identify available trace gas data products from TEMPO and their associated characteristics
• Visualize hourly TEMPO trace gas data products using NASA Worldview for current and historical events
• Evaluate TEMPO trace gas products in Worldview to anticipate short-term air quality risks, such as high concentrations of ozone precursors
• Distinguish uses for TEMPO trace gas data products given cloud and solar zenith angle thresholds
• Determine the spatial patterns, temporal trends, and likely sources of trace gases related to wildfire smoke and urban area air pollution events using TEMPO data via Worldview

Audience

• North American air quality managers within the TEMPO field of regard
• Air quality scientists

Course Format

• Online, Instructor-Led
• Two 1.5-hour parts
• Bilingual (English and Spanish)
  • The Spanish version of this training will be hosted at a later date
• Those who attend both live sessions and complete the homework by the due date will receive a certificate of completion

Sessions

Part 1 - North American Geostationary Trace Gas Data Products for Air Quality

• About ARSET
• Training Overview
• Part 1 Introduction
• Overview of the TEMPO Mission
• TEMPO Trace Gas Data Products
• TEMPO Data Walkthrough in Worldview
• Part 1 Summary
• Q&A Session

ARSET Host: Kristina Pistone

ARSET Trainer: Aaron Naeger

Part 2 - Case Studies in Trace Gas Monitoring with North American Geostationary Sensors

• Part 2 Introduction
• Case 1: Colorado Front Range Fires
• Case 1 Exercise in Worldview
• Case 2: Urban Air Quality Levels and Sources
• Case 2 Exercise in Worldview
• Training Summary
• Q&A Session

ARSET Host: Kristina Pistone

ARSET Trainer: Aaron Naeger