YOU may have noticed a NASA DC-8 aircraft flying low, combing the skies across Metro Manila a few days ago. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United States space agency, is in the Philippines for two weeks to conduct air quality monitoring exercises in Metro Manila as part of an eight-week mission in Asia, including South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia. Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga invited me to see the NASA airborne science laboratory in Clark, Pampanga, last February 8. This international collaboration with local scientists, air quality agencies and government partners is under the program called ASIA-AQ, or the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality. The mission collects detailed air quality data over multiple Asian mega cities using aircraft, ground sites and satellites to give us a better understanding of local air quality issues. In the Philippines, the program is led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resource
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is holding a scientif
The ASIA-AQ mission will collect detailed air quality data over multiple locations in Asia using aircraft, ground sites, and satellites to improve the understanding of local air quality issues
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