Workshop on a Pilot Design for Air Quality in Africa Presentations

(Focused on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

June 8-11, 2021

Virtual Meeting

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Presenter Last Name Presenter First Name Presentation Title
DAY 1  
Bililign Solomon Workshop on a Pilot Design for Air Quality in Africa
Brown Steve Air Quality in North America and Africa Measurement programs in the U.S. and how they might inform observations in an African megacity
Brune William Linking in situ radical observations to pollution production in megacities
Marais Eloise Air Pollutant Emissions in Africa
Tsidu Gizaw Modeling and observational studies of aerosols and some criterion trace gas pollutants over Africa
Ture Kassahun Mechanisms of ozone enhancement during stratospheric intrusion coupled with convection over upper troposphere equatorial Africa 1
Wang Jiayuan Ambient NOx pollution in Accra, Ghana: Spatiotemporal patterns and role of meteorology
Hu Xiao-Ming Multisensor and Multimodel Monitoring and Investigation of Air Pollution
Kumar Rajesh First assessment of the WRF-Chem carbon monoxide (CO) simulations for Africa and insights into source attribution
DAY 2  
Roberts James Chemical Markers for Potential Health Actors in African Megacities
Pope Francis Air Quality and Visibility
Vizuete William In Vitro Toxicity of Complex Aerosols: What are the key drivers?
Asa-Awuku Akua Under African Skies: Hygroscopicity and the links to Visibility and Regional Haze
Arku Raphael High-resolution spatiotemporal measurement

of air and environmental noise pollution in

sub-Saharan African cities: Pathways to

Equitable Health Cities Study protocol for Accra, Ghana
Mersha Tesfaye Environmental Pollution and Human Health Impact in sub-Sharan Africa
Morris Vernon Airborne Mineral Dust Aerobiology and Health in North Africa
DAY 3  
Diner David Plans for integrating satellite aerosol data and surface measurements to map speciated PM2.5 in Africa as part of NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) investigation
Westervelt Daniel Air quality in Africa research at Columbia University
Kucera Paul Development of a Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring System
McKain Kathryn A new in-situ aircraft measurement program for CO2, CH4, and CO in Uganda
Prados Ana Building Capacity to use Satellite data for Air Quality Monitoring in Africa
Vizuete William Aerosol Phase State: Implementation in Air Quality Models and Implications on Aerosol Formation
Flocke Frank Options and scientific considerations for a field program to investigate air quality in an African megacity
DAY 4  
Jones Brandon NSF Opportunities
Thiaw Wassila Needs and Requirements for Forecasting African Atmospheric Dust
Kaye Jack Explore Earth, NASA Air Quality Research
Apurva Dave OES Air quality Foreign Assistance Program
Terry Sara Addis Ababa Megacity Partnership
Whitney Matt Perspectives from Philanthropy
Swanson Katie USAID Air Quality Overview
Pant Pallavi State of Air in Africa

Recent Trends in Air Quality and Health Impacts