edu.ucar.opensky::articles:42435 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T18:09:39.695884 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d78s4vbw East African megacity air quality: Rationale and framework for a measurement and modeling program 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d78s4vbw https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0098.1 Bililign, S. author Brown, S. S. author Westervelt, D. M. author Kumar, Rajesh author Tang, Wenfu author Flocke, Frank M. author Vizuete, W. author Ture, K. author Pope, F. D. author Demoz, B. author Asa-Awuku, A. author Levelt, Pieternel author Kalisa, E. author Raheja, G. author Ndyabakira, A. author Gatari, M. J. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Air pollution in Africa is a significant public health issue responsible for 1.1 million premature deaths annually. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of population growth and urbanization of any region in the world, with substantial potential for future emission growth and worsening air quality. Accurate and extensive observations of meteorology and atmospheric composition have underpinned successful air pollution mitigation strategies in the Global North, yet Africa in general and East Africa in particular remain among the most sparsely observed regions in the world. This paper is based on the discussion of these issues during two international workshops, one held virtually in the United States in July 2021 and one in Kigali, Rwanda, in January 2023. The workshops were designed to develop a measurement, capacity building, and collaboration strategy to improve air quality-relevant measurements, modeling, and data availability in East Africa. This paper frames the relevant scientific needs and describes the requirements for training and infrastructure development for an integrated observing and modeling strategy that includes partnerships between East African scientists and organizations and their counterparts in the developed world. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;" data-sheets-root="1">Copyright 2024 American Meteorological Society (AMS).</span> None eng geoscientificInformation