Experimental Atmospheric
Forecasting System for Indochina and the Philippines
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Our forecasting system is based on our publication that can be found here.
ASIA-AQ AIRCRAFT CAMPAIGN: A SUCCESS!
Click Here to See Forecasts (times in UTC; Local Time = UTC + 7 for Indochina and Indonesia; Local Time = UTC +8 for the Philippines and Malaysia); updated everyday at 00 UTC)
HPC Status: UP AND RUNNING (TESTING MODE; WRF-Chem OCCASSIONALLY CRASHING)
Website Status: the Indochina weather and gas pollutant animations are now available, but not yet the particle pollutant animations; the Philippines weather, gas and particle pollutant animations are currently unavailable
ENSO El Nino Conditions Prevailed in March with Neutral to La Nina Conditions Most Likely in April to September 2024
April 11, 2024 - Model outlooks from Copernicus C3S based on the Nino3.4 SST index, show that ENSO El Nino conditions prevailed in March and is predicted to become ENSO neutral to La Nina (wet in Southeast Asia) from April to September 2024.
ASIA-AQ Aircraft Campaign: A Success!
April 11, 2024 - The ASIA-AQ aircraft campaign has concluded and was successful to take measurements of air pollution over the Philippines from February 1-14, over South Korea from February 15 - March 12, and over Thailand from March 13-26, as well over Taiwan (during transits).
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Thailand summary at (in Thai and English): https://youtu.be/RabP4vJwve0?feature=shared
More details can be found on: https://espo.nasa.gov/asia-aq/content/ASIA-AQ
Our Meteorological and Air Quality Forecasts assist mission flight planning for the ASIA-AQ Aircraft Campain
April 11, 2024 - Our meteorological and air quality forecasts were used to assist mission flight planning for the ASIA-AQ aircraft campaign over the Philippines, South Korea, as well as over Indochina. Unfortunately, ASIA-AQ wasn't able to go to Malaysia, but the forecasts are still available here. Click on the region names to go to the respective pages.