SERVIR AST members Emily Berndt (ST11) and Aaron Naeger (UAH), alongside scientists from the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)/SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya, used air quality data from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) and the Advanced Meteorological Imager (AMI) for a recent analysis of air quality in the region. The government of Nepal used the SERVIR analysis as part of a decision-making framework to shut down schools across the country for several days in April to protect the health of students. A record-setting fire season in Nepal during March and April contributed to poor air quality across the country. Recent advances by the SERVIR team to integrate AMI data has enabled the Nepalese government to prototype the use of satellite data as part of their air quality analysis.
