Using satellite and ground monitoring data for air quality research
Department of Geography and Human Environment, Environment and Health Fund, in collaboration with AIRO Lab
USING SATELLITE AND GROUND MONITORING DATA FOR AIR QUALITY RESEARCH
PROGRAM
Location: The Porter School of Environmental studies, Auditorium
9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome talk: Prof. Hadas Saaroni, Tel-Aviv University
9:45 - 9:50 Workshop Overview/ Dr. A. Chudnovsky, Tel-Aviv University.
9:50 - 10:20 “Monitoring world Mega-cities from space”. Prof. Pinhas Alpert, Tel-Aviv University
10:25 -10:50 “How we can assess exposure to different sources of pollution? Active Remote Sensing as a tool”. Prof. Albert Ansmann. Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Germany
10:55-11:25 “Satellite Imagery to monitor climate change”. Prof. Ilan Koren. Weizmann Institute of Science.
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00- 12:30 "Estimating ambient particulate matter from satellite observations". Prof. David Broday. Technion.
12:35-13:05 “Mapping Night-Lights as an Indicator of Human Activity”. Prof. Noam Levin. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
13:10- 13:40 “Modern optic technologies used in portable sensors to monitor air pollution”. Dr. Yoav Linzon. Tel-Aviv University.
13:45- 14:30 Break
14:30 – 16:00 Training: “Trends in dust and pollution conditions in the Middle East using different satellite-based data sets”. Dr. A. Chudnovsky, Tel-Aviv University.
