STUDY OF SANTA CLARA AIR QUALITY USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
Authors: Judit García González, Luis Orlando Pichardo Moya
Monitoring air quality in underdeveloped countries is complex, expensive and not feasible. Without this data, it is unlikely to implement an air quality evaluation and control system to mitigate the excessive growth of atmospheric pollution. This work proposes the use of the potential offered by the Troposferic Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on board the Sentinel 5P satellite of the Copernicus series of the European Space Agency to evaluate the air quality of the city of Santa Clara, identifying several elements of the composition of the atmosphere from space such as: carbon monoxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide. The instrument operates in a scanning (non-scanning) configuration, with a swath width of ~2600 km on the Earth’s surface. The presentation of the results is done through maps and specific, areal and territorial concentration data, which allows the identification of the dynamics and geographical distribution of pollution. Annual concentrations of carbon monoxide of 0.028032886 mol/m2, ozone with 0.121398365 mol/m2 and sulfur dioxide of 1.39641E-07 mol/m2 were obtained. These values are within the range of low values and for ozone medium values.
Source: CESAM, Territorial Delegation of CITMA Villa Clara, Environment Delegation
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