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Earth Observation for Human Health: The Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) Mission

The Italian Space Agency, the NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), ISPRA, SNPA and INGV are inviting the italian and american scientific communities of Earth observation to a workshop aimed to analyze advantages and opportunities in participating in mission MAIA of NASA.

  • When Mar 01, 2022 to Mar 04, 2022 (GMT+0 / UTC0)
  • Where Online event
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The Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) is a NASA mission currently under development, devised in collaboration with epidemiologists and health organizations, designed to produce data used in health studies to examine the effects of various types of air pollution. NASA and ASI are discussing a possible Italian involvement in the development of the MAIA mission, which could give rise to cooperation between the United States and Italy.
MAIA's main purpose is to study how the different types of particulate matter present in the atmosphere affect human health.

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