In the frame of air quality monitoring the Copernicus Sentinel-5p mission has been designed to identify the concentration of several atmospheric compounds and species in our atmosphere: one of those data is the Ultraviolet Aerosol Indexes (UVAI). Aerosols are a … Continue reading Aerosols
Formaldehyde is an organic compound widely used in many industrial applications, such as the manufacturing of resins, production of disinfectants and biocides or like a tissue fixative. It is present in our atmosphere as a gas and its distribution in … Continue reading Formaldehyde
All life on Earth depends on the existence of a thin shield of a poisonous gas high in the atmosphere: the ozone layer. (Ozone Secretariat, UNEP, “Action on Ozone”) The ozone layer is a region of our atmosphere widely known for … Continue reading The Ozone Hole
Nitrogen Dioxide is one of the atmospheric gas species retrieved from the data acquired by Sentinel-5P multispectral imaging spectrometer: TROPOMI. Sentinel-5P is the umpteenth spacecraft belonging the the Sentinels constellations and conceived in the framework of the Copernicus Programme. The main goal … Continue reading Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution