TEMPO - NASA's first Earth Venture Instrument mission will measure pollution of North America. TEMPO observations are from the geostationary vantage point, flying on a telecommunications host spacecraft with the goal to launch in 2019. TEMPO provides measurements to help solve national and international challenges
- US air quality standards continue to become more stringent to better protect human
health.
- New and transient pollution sources (e.g., vehicular traffic, oil and gas development, trans-boundary pollution) are growing in importance yet are very difficult to monitor from ground networks.
- Many areas of the country are not regularly monitored for air quality.
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