Global Technology for Local Monitoring of Air Pollution in Dhaka

The World Health Organization attributes about 3.3 million annual premature deaths to outdoor air pollution in low- and middle-income countries. Comprehensive pollution monitoring in urban areas has been too costly for many developing countries; ye...

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Main Authors:	Dasgupta, Susmita, Khaliquzzaman, M., Wheeler, David
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	AIR POLLUTION FINE PARTICLES NITROGEN DIOXIDE SATELLITE IMAGERY TRAFFIC CONGESTION GOOGLE TRAFFIC POLLUTION CONTROL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/583491602078309833/Global-Technology-for-Local-Monitoring-of-Air-Pollution-in-Dhaka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34600

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spelling	okr-10986-346002022-09-20T00:11:31Z Global Technology for Local Monitoring of Air Pollution in Dhaka Dasgupta, Susmita Khaliquzzaman, M. Wheeler, David AIR POLLUTION FINE PARTICLES NITROGEN DIOXIDE SATELLITE IMAGERY TRAFFIC CONGESTION GOOGLE TRAFFIC POLLUTION CONTROL The World Health Organization attributes about 3.3 million annual premature deaths to outdoor air pollution in low- and middle-income countries. Comprehensive pollution monitoring in urban areas has been too costly for many developing countries; yet sparse information has hindered cost-effective pollution management strategies. Global information technologies offer a potential escape from this information trap, but their accuracy remains uncertain. This paper uses ground-based measures of fine particulates and nitrogen dioxide, provided by the CAMS-3 Darussalam monitoring station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to test three global technologies: the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, and Google Traffic. The results indicate that all three global technologies can provide useful information for extension of air pollution measurement beyond the few areas that are currently monitored by ground stations. Each technology tracks ground-based fine particulates measures with high significance, and the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P and Google Traffic perform similarly for ground-based nitrogen dioxide measures. Google Traffic can provide accurate tracking at higher spatial and temporal resolution than the satellite sources, but only for emissions from motor vehicles in major metro areas. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P capture the effects of emissions from other sources at all locations. 2020-10-08T16:11:25Z 2020-10-08T16:11:25Z 2020-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/583491602078309833/Global-Technology-for-Local-Monitoring-of-Air-Pollution-in-Dhaka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34600 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9429 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Bangladesh
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topic	AIR POLLUTION FINE PARTICLES NITROGEN DIOXIDE SATELLITE IMAGERY TRAFFIC CONGESTION GOOGLE TRAFFIC POLLUTION CONTROL
spellingShingle	AIR POLLUTION FINE PARTICLES NITROGEN DIOXIDE SATELLITE IMAGERY TRAFFIC CONGESTION GOOGLE TRAFFIC POLLUTION CONTROL Dasgupta, Susmita Khaliquzzaman, M. Wheeler, David Global Technology for Local Monitoring of Air Pollution in Dhaka
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description	The World Health Organization attributes about 3.3 million annual premature deaths to outdoor air pollution in low- and middle-income countries. Comprehensive pollution monitoring in urban areas has been too costly for many developing countries; yet sparse information has hindered cost-effective pollution management strategies. Global information technologies offer a potential escape from this information trap, but their accuracy remains uncertain. This paper uses ground-based measures of fine particulates and nitrogen dioxide, provided by the CAMS-3 Darussalam monitoring station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to test three global technologies: the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, and Google Traffic. The results indicate that all three global technologies can provide useful information for extension of air pollution measurement beyond the few areas that are currently monitored by ground stations. Each technology tracks ground-based fine particulates measures with high significance, and the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P and Google Traffic perform similarly for ground-based nitrogen dioxide measures. Google Traffic can provide accurate tracking at higher spatial and temporal resolution than the satellite sources, but only for emissions from motor vehicles in major metro areas. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P capture the effects of emissions from other sources at all locations.
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author	Dasgupta, Susmita Khaliquzzaman, M. Wheeler, David
author_facet	Dasgupta, Susmita Khaliquzzaman, M. Wheeler, David
author_sort	Dasgupta, Susmita
title	Global Technology for Local Monitoring of Air Pollution in Dhaka
title_short	Global Technology for Local Monitoring of Air Pollution in Dhaka
title_full	Global Technology for Local Monitoring of Air Pollution in Dhaka
title_fullStr	Global Technology for Local Monitoring of Air Pollution in Dhaka
title_full_unstemmed	Global Technology for Local Monitoring of Air Pollution in Dhaka
title_sort	global technology for local monitoring of air pollution in dhaka
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/583491602078309833/Global-Technology-for-Local-Monitoring-of-Air-Pollution-in-Dhaka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34600
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