Full Text

Turn on search term navigation

© 2021 The Author(s). This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

The Korea–United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) field study was conducted during May–June 2016. The effort was jointly sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Research of South Korea and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States. KORUS-AQ offered an unprecedented, multi-perspective view of air quality conditions in South Korea by employing observations from three aircraft, an extensive ground-based network, and three ships along with an array of air quality forecast models. Information gathered during the study is contributing to an improved understanding of the factors controlling air quality in South Korea. The study also provided a valuable test bed for future air quality–observing strategies involving geostationary satellite instruments being launched by both countries to examine air quality throughout the day over Asia and North America. This article presents details on the KORUS-AQ observational assets, study execution, data products, and air quality conditions observed during the study. High-level findings from companion papers in this special issue are also summarized and discussed in relation to the factors controlling fine particle and ozone pollution, current emissions and source apportionment, and expectations for the role of satellite observations in the future. Resulting policy recommendations and advice regarding plans going forward are summarized. These results provide an important update to early feedback previously provided in a Rapid Science Synthesis Report produced for South Korean policy makers in 2017 and form the basis for the Final Science Synthesis Report delivered in 2020.

Details

Title
The Korea–United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) field study
Author
Crawford, James H 1 ; Joon-Young, Ahn 2 ; Al-Saadi, Jassim 1 ; Chang Limseok 2 ; Emmons, Louisa K 3 ; Kim, Jhoon 4 ; Lee, Gangwoong 5 ; Jeong-Hoo, Park 2 ; Park, Rokjin J 6 ; Woo, Jung Hun 7 ; Chang-Keun, Song 8 ; Ji-Hyung, Hong 9 ; You-Deog, Hong 10 ; Lefer, Barry L 11 ; Lee, Meehye 12 ; Lee, Taehyoung 5 ; Kim Saewung 13 ; Kyung-Eun, Min 14 ; Yum, Seong Soo 4 ; Shin, Hye Jung 2 ; Young-Woo, Kim 2 ; Jin-Soo, Choi 2 ; Jin-Soo, Park 2 ; Szykman, James J 15 ; Long, Russell W 15 ; Jordan, Carolyn E 16 ; Simpson, Isobel J 13 ; Fried, Alan 17 ; Dibb, Jack E 18 ; Cho SeogYeon 19 ; Kim, Yong Pyo 20 

 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA 
 Air Quality Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, Republic of Korea 
 National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA 
 Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 
 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Republic of Korea 
 Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 
 Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 
 Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea 
 Air Quality Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, Republic of Korea; Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea 
10  Air Quality Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, Republic of Korea; Kum Kyoung Engineering, Seoul, Republic of Korea 
11  NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA 
12  Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 
13  University of California, Irvine, CA, USA 
14  Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea 
15  US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA 
16  NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA; National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, USA 
17  University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA 
18  University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 
19  Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea 
20  Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
University of California Press, Journals & Digital Publishing Division
ISSN
23251026
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2738663884
Copyright
© 2021 The Author(s). This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.