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NASA’s new space probe to see Earth air pollution releases first images by: Curtis Segarra Posted: Aug 25, 2023 / 04:17 PM MDT Updated: Aug 25, 2023 / 04:17 PM MDT ...
TEMPO, short for Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, was launched in April on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and now orbits the Earth from about 22,000 miles above the equator.
Duke University. "AI pinpoints local pollution hotspots using satellite images." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 15 April 2021. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 04 / 210415170700.htm>.
A new, satellite-based instrument measuring air pollution in North America has sent its first images back to Earth, NASA announced in August. The early maps show levels of the pollutant nitrogen ...