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Articles, resources, and announcements about particulate matter.

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This map of North America shows the ocean colored blue and land in shades of green. Hundreds of green dots are plotted across the land to show the locations of air quality sensors.

High Value Air Quality Data From Inexpensive Sensors

NASA has a new dataset built from ground-based sensor packages that cost less than $1,000. The data have potential for validating satellite measurements and providing local details for pollution studies.

News

March 18, 2026

High aerosol index over France due to Saharan dust on 5 March 2026 from the OMPS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

Saharan Dust over Western Europe

The OMPS instrument aboard the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform captured imagery and data on March 5, 2026.

Worldview Image of the Week

March 6, 2026

true-color satellite image of western U.S. with colored dots indicating AERONET sites; gray banner in center of image indicated selected site

Explore New Aerosol Layers in NASA Worldview

NASA Worldview added four layers from the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) program to provide ground-based measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Angstrom parameter.

Blog

Aug. 16, 2024

This image from the first light release of data from the TEMPO mission shows areas air pollution over the New York City and Washington, DC.

TEMPO Mission Releases Beta Level 1, 2, and 3 Version 03 Data Products

The beta release of Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission data products lets users begin developing applications using these data.

News

May 30, 2024

High Aerosol Index from Fires in Canada

Base image acquired Jun 7, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite and overlaid with Aerosol Index values from the OMPS instrument.

Worldview Image of the Week

June 8, 2023

Graphic showing good and bad ozone in different parts of the atmosphere

SEDAC Releases Air Quality Data for Health-Related Applications

Environmental and public health researchers may benefit from ground-level measurements of PM2.5, NO2, and O3 concentrations.

Feature Article

Sept. 13, 2022

Abigail Nastan

Data from NASA’s Atmospheric Science Data Center helps system engineers like Abigail Nastan develop engaging new ways of partnering with data users to maximize the benefits of NASA Earth science missions.

Data User Story

May 2, 2022

Dr. Steven Massie

Aerosols have a huge impact on climate and human health. Dr. Steven Massie uses remotely-sensed data to better understand these impacts and improve how aerosols are detected by Earth observing satellites.

Data User Story

Jan. 7, 2021

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