AfriqAir and CAMS-Net General Meeting

Session

Panel Discussion

3

9 Mar 2023, 13:45

Carnegie Mellon University - Africa Campus, Kigali, Rwanda

Conveners

Panel Discussion: Combining LCS with other data streams/innovations

• Mike Giordano (AfriqAir)

Description

Speakers:
Matthias Beekmann (Universite de Paris Creteil / CNRS)
Allison Hughes (University of Ghana)
Mike Giordano (AfriqAir)
Sheldon Drobot (Ball Aerospace)

37. Combination of Ground-based Measurements and Model Data to Improve Air Quality Estimations in Nairobi, Kenya

Mr Ezekiel Waiguru Nyaga (Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphèriques (LISA), UMR CNRS 7583, Universitè Paris Est Crèteil et Universitè de Paris, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Crèteil, France)

Panel 3: Combining LCS with other data streams/innovations

Platform Presentation

The rapid population growth coupled with urbanization has caused increase in human activities leading to degradation of air quality in Nairobi. Exposure to air pollution is a leading risk factor associated with premature deaths. The air monitoring campaign conducted in the context of MOPGA (Make Our Planet Great Again) project provided two-year (2020-2021) measurements of PM2.5 and NO2...