Session 9B From Low-Cost Sensors to Satellite Instruments: Data and Perspectives for Air Quality Equity and Environmental Justice

Wednesday, 31 January 2024: 8:30 AM-10:30 AM
321/322 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Submitters:
Mary Angelique Gomez Demetillo and Shobhana Gupta
Cochairs:
Bonne Jane Ford, PhD and Daniel McMahon Westervelt

The atmospheric chemistry community has been interested in issues related to environmental justice and air quality for many years. NASA Applied Sciences programs, Health and Air Quality, and Equity and Environmental Justice, are supporting this interest and addressing concerns of communities disproportionately impacted by environmental challenges, including poor air quality.  Recent advances in observational capabilities (e.q. satellite and low cost sensors) have improved the ability to document urban air quality at higher spatial resolutions. This session welcomes results from investigations applying Earth science, geospatial, and socioeconomic data to highlight air quality inequalities, as well as efforts to collaborate with community members to improve and maintain a healthy atmospheric environment for those who live and work in areas with high levels of air pollution.

Papers:
8:30 AM
9B.1
Identification of Neighbourhood Hotspots Via the Cumulative Hazard Index: Results from a Community-Partnered Low-Cost Sensor Network Deployment (Invited Presentation)
Naomi Zimmerman, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and S. Jain, R. Gardner-Frolick, N. Martinussen, D. Jackson, and A. Giang

8:45 AM
9B.2
Combining Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors with the New York State Mesonet for Fine-Scale Monitoring in New York City
Ellie Hojeily, University at Albany, Atmospheric Science Research Center, Albany, NY; SUNY Albany, ALBANY, NY; and S. Miller, J. Schwab, J. M. Covert, M. Brooking, C. H. Lu, K. Moore, and N. Bain

9:00 AM
9B.3
e-JUST - Environmental Justice using Urban Scalable Toolkit
Ashish Sharma, Discovery Partners Institute, University of Illinois System, Chicago, IL; Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL; and C. Veiga, P. Li, F. Miranda, G. Moreira, S. Wu, M. Budhathoki, A. Tiwari, J. Wei, M. Turk, and E. Makra

9:15 AM
9B.4
Evaluating the Effect of U.S. Energy Policy and Heavy-Duty Truck Electrification on PM2.5 Concentrations and Associated Health Impacts in Disadvantaged Communities
Wilson Holland McNeil, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and F. Tong, R. Harley, M. Auffhammer, and C. Scown

9:30 AM
9B.5
On the Overlap between Nitrogen Dioxide Inequalities, Urban Air Quality, and Climate in U.S. Cities
Isabella Dressel, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and M. A. G. Demetillo, R. Parks, C. Tuholske, A. M. Fiore, S. Yu, K. Fields, K. Sun, and S. E. Pusede

9:45 AM
9B.6
Assessing Impacts of Sugarcane Stubble Burning on Air Quality using Low-Cost Sensors and Satellite Data in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, USA
Sai Deepak Pinakana, The Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX; and A. U. Raysoni and P. Gupta

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