Case Study 3: Northeastern Egypt, Israel, and western Jordan Air Quality Event

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Case Study 3Northeastern Egypt, Israel, and
western Jordan Air Quality Event
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Map of the Air Quality Event RegionNortheastern
Egypt, Israel, and western Jordan(http//worldatl
as.com/webimage/countrys/africa/lgcolor/egcolor.ht
m)
Region of Air Quality Event
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MODIS-Aqua True Color Image Northeastern Egypt,
Israel, and western JordanFebruary 24,
2007(http//rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?
AERONET_Cairo_EMA/2007055/AERONET_Cairo_EMA.200705
5.aqua)
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Aerosol Optical Depth L2 AOD Image Northeastern
Egypt, Israel, and western Jordan February 24,
2007 (http//ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/)
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MODIS Aqua Aerosol Optical Depth (Level 3)
Northeastern Egypt, Israel, and western Jordan
February 24, 2007 (http//giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov)

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OMI Aerosol Index (Level 3) Northeastern Egypt,
Israel, and western Jordan February 24, 2007
(http//giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov)
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Meteorological Information Available on the
Internet

• Hourly Weather Observations (temperature, winds,
  visibility, etc.)
• Weather Underground http//www.wunderground.com/
  
• Type Egypt in the box at the top of the page,
  and hit enter.
• Scroll down to the list of cities and click on
  Cairo.
• Select the date of interest under History and
  Almanac.
• Repeat for Amman, Jordan.

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HYbrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated
Trajectory (HYSPLIT) Analysis

• NOAA Air Resources Laboratory HYSPLIT Model
• http//www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/open/hysplit4.html
• Under the HYSPIT pull-down menu, select run
  with archived data.
• Select compute trajectories.
• Choose the GDAS (global, 2005-present) archived
  meteorological dataset.
• Select the gdsl.feb07.w4 archive file.
• Choose 1 trajectory starting location.
• Enter the WMO code for the city where you would
  like to base the trajectory
• Cairo, Egypt HECA
• Amman, Jordan OJAM
• Model Run Time Options
• Select a forward or back trajectory.
• Select the appropriate start or end date select
  16 UTC for the time (2 PM local).
• Type in 1000 for Start height 2 and 1500
  for Start height 3.
• LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE UNCHANGED.
• Scroll to the bottom and click request
  trajectory.
• Wait for your results when they are done, click
  on your trajectory plot.

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True Color and AOD Images Available on the
Internet

• True Color Images
• MODIS instrument http//rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa
  .gov/subsets/
• Click on region of interest.
• Click on the display alternate dates available
  for this subset link.
• Select date of interest (dates are in Julian date
  format).
• Repeat for all overlapping regions of interest.
• True Color and AOD Images
• MODIS instrument http//ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov
  /browse_images/l2_browser.html
• Select Terra or Aqua satellite
• Select appropriate month, day, and year.
• Select parameter from pull-down menu RGB
  true color images
• Parasol satellite http//www-icare.univ-lille1.f
  r/parasol/browse/
• Click the box next to Aerosol Optical Thickness
  over land and 865 nm Optical Thickness over
  ocean to view aerosol images.
• AOD Images
• OMI instrument http//toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/aerosol
  s/aerosols_v8.html
• Scroll to the bottom of the page to select
  images.
• Select global image from Choose output
  pull-down menu.

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Ground-Based Particulate Measurements

• Egyptian Environmental Information and Monitoring
  Program
• Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
  http//www.eeaa.gov.eg/eimp/air.html
• Learn about Egyptian air quality monitoring by
  clicking on the different links in the Air
  Quality Introduction section.
• Currently, no data or reports are available for
  2007, but you can get an idea of the Egyptian air
  quality system.
• Ambient Concentrations and Chemical Composition
  of PM2.5
• Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
  http//www.mepm.org/
• Jordan Society for Sustainable Development
  http//www.jssd-jo.org/projects/project2.html
• This is a joint project between Israel, Jordan,
  and Palestine
• No data or reports are available, but you can
  read about the plans for an ambient monitoring
  network.

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Sources of Satellite Data and Imagery
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) description http//modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.
gov/ MODIS Rapid Response System
http//rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS direct
broadcast site http//eosdb.ssec.wisc.edu/modisdi
rect/ MODIS Level 2 LAADS data browser
http//ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/browse_images/l2_br
owser.html The Smog Blog http//alg.umbc.edu/usaq
/ NASA Earth Observatory http//earthobservatory.
nasa.gov/ NASA Visible Earth http//visibleearth.
nasa.gov/ NASA Giovanni http//giovanni.gsfc.nasa
.gov Infusing Satellite Data into Environmental
Applications (IDEA) site http//idea.ssec.wisc.e
du/ CALIPSO satellite http//www-calipso.larc.nas
a.gov/products/lidar/ Tropospheric Emission
Monitoring Internet Service (European)
http//www.temis.nl/ Satellite Products for
Europe (German Remote Sensing Data Center)
http//www.dlr.de/caf/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid
-2683/4049_read-6052/ India Meteorological
Department Satellite Images and Products (INSAT
satellite) http//www.imd.ernet.in/section/satmet
/dynamic/insat.htm EUMETSAT Image Gallery (Europe
and Africa) http//www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Ima
ge_Gallery/Real-time_Images/index.htm