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AWAJI

Symposium and Workshops

Summary of
"Pollution Monitoring and Satellite Observation"

Topics in Atmosphere session
(Friday morning at room 311, 50 attndee)

   Latest report of analyses of satellite observations
  • ADEOS-II Global Imager (GLI): Operation and Science Issues
    by Teruyuki Nakajima (CCSR, Univ. of Tokyo)
  • Arctic ozone destruction and PSC appearance observed with ILAS/ADEOS in winter and early spring of 1997
    by Sachiko Hayashida (Nara Women's Univ.)
  • Atmospheric observation on ENVISAT
    by Stephen Briggs (ESA)
  • Air pollution observed from Space: Results from ERS-2/GOME
    by John P. Burrows (Bremen Univ.), Toshihiro Ogawa (NASDA/EORC)
  Airborne observation campaigns closely related with satellite missions
  • nBIBLE and PEACE Aircraft Missions: Summary of Findings
    by Yutaka Kondo (RCAST, University of Tokyo)
  • Transport of atmospheric pollutants from East Asia
    by Shiro Hatakeyama (NIES)
  Possible future satellite missions for monitoring air pollution
  • Future observations on air pollution
    by Makoto Suzuki (NASDA/EORC)
Summary of this session
  • 4 Issues listed by IGOS-P/IGACO anonymously agreed.
    • nAir Quality
    • nClimate Radiative Forcing
    • nOxidative Capacity
    • nOzone Depletion/ UV-B

  • Primary focus on mesoscale to global "air pollution"


  • High Spatial and Temporal Resolution is necessary
    n                   << 1-day, i.e. 10 min, 10 km
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  • Global coverage


  • Long-term observation
    • nTime scale of 1- to 10-year
    • nContribution to analyses for long-term climate changes
  • nNew satellite mission(s) for "air pollution" monitoring are necessary
    • GOME/SCIAMACHY like, MOPITT like, etc
    • part of those will be realized by NPOESS/METOP after 2008

  • Observations ranging from mesoscale to global scale


  • mesoscale atmosphere is a new frontier for the remote sensing
    • 10 km, 10 min observation is feasible now
      • Geostationary platforms (3-5)
      • L1 platform (one)