Utilizing space and ground data for air quality monitoring and management

Authors

Gay Jane Perez ⋅ PH Philippine Space Agency and University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

Satellite imagery can provide estimates of gas and particle levels indicating pollution and human activity, which has implications on global health and economy. Previous initiatives in the country look at different data sources to address specific air quality issues. The PAPGAPI-PAN project will improve the interpretation of satellite data with Pandora ground instrument, where in-situ air quality and atmospheric composition is related with data from the first geostationary satellite dedicated to air quality monitoring – Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS). At global scales, GEMS provides data of pollutants, emission sources, and transboundary pollution at a spatiotemporal level, while at local scales, a series of Pandora instruments provides air quality and atmospheric composition in polluted and background monitoring stations. Insights from this study are important in enhancing the capacity to undertake comprehensive analysis from integration of satellite and ground data and in promoting policy dialogue to improve air quality management at the regional level.

About the Speaker

Gay Jane Perez, Philippine Space Agency and University of the Philippines Diliman

Gay Jane Perez is the Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology at the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and a Professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman. She is also the elected president to the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Commission V on Education and Outreach, serving for four years from 2022 to 2026.
Prior to her appointment at PhilSA, Dr. Perez has led various programs on satellite development in the Philippines as well as other projects that utilized satellite and remotely sensed data for environmental applications and climate studies.
Dr. Perez is a recipient of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Outstanding Young Scientists (OYS) for 2021, The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service (TOWNS) Award (2019), and is the first Filipino woman to receive the ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women (2018).
She was a postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2010–2011). She is a graduate of the National Institute of Physics at the University of the Philippines Diliman, from which she received Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics (2003), Master of Science (2005), and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (2009).
Her research interests include Earth observation satellite product development, drought monitoring and forecasting, forest change detection, land cover/land use change, other satellite remote sensing applications for the environment, seasonal and climate prediction, climate change and variability, complex systems, and interdisciplinary applications of Physics.

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Issue

2022: Proceedings of the 40th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2022-INV-3F-01

Section

Invited Presentations

Published

2022-09-23

How to Cite

[1]

GJ Perez, Utilizing space and ground data for air quality monitoring and management, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 40, SPP-2022-INV-3F-01 (2022). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2022-INV-3F-01.