TRACER-AQ

Tracking Aerosol Convection Interactions Experiment-Air Quality

past Mission

Type

Airborne Science

Dates

April 2021-April 2022

Location

Houston

Objective

Study factors affecting air quality

TRACER-AQ was an air quality study in Houston, Texas, in support of a Department of Energy campaign, TRACER, looking at connections between the area's humid subtropical climate and summer storms, industrial emissions, high ozone levels, public health, and socioeconomics.

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