Check out the latest field report from Operation Healthy Air! We have detailed the first round of findings from our analysis of the data.
Operation Healthy Air seeks to increase our understanding of the role of vegetation, such as trees, in decreasing air temperature and
Check out the latest field report from Operation Healthy Air! We have detailed the first round of findings from our analysis of the data.
Operation Healthy Air seeks to increase our understanding of the role of vegetation, such as trees, in decreasing air temperature and improving air quality at scales that communities make decisions. In this case, the cooling of local neighborhoods and reducing ozone formation. Operation Healthy Air engaged partners and participants to map and measure how differences in their environment–such as the number of trees or amount of pavement–affect local air quality and temperature.
We initiated pilot “campaigns” in Long Beach, and along the Inland Empire in the summer of 2017, and expanded in 2018 to greater Los Angeles and other cities. Funding for this program comes from grants from NASA’s Earth Sciences program and the National Science Foundation, as well as individual donors.
Operation Healthy Air is a partnership between national and local partners, community-based organizations, universities, schools, aquaria, government agencies, and community members. The research is led by Dr. Darrel Jenerette and his lab at University of California Riverside, Dr. Jun Wang and his lab at the University of Iowa as well as Mark Chandler at Earthwatch Institute.
Operation Healthy Air engaged 200 community members and 750 students from Long Beach, Claremont, Ontario, San Bernardino and Riverside among other communities. These commu