Satellites can improve regional air quality forecasting

Satellites can improve regional air quality forecasting
Iowa City IA (SPX) Feb 01, 2015 - Satellites planned for launch during the next several years may have an expanded role: Forecasting air-quality worldwide. That's the view of University of Iowa researchers, who found that data gathered from geo-stationary satellites--satellites orbiting Earth at about 22,000 miles above the equator and commonly used for telecommunications and weather imaging--can greatly improve air-quality fore ... more

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