{"id":293,"date":"2020-02-26T21:02:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2020-10-22T20:54:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:54:48","slug":"aerotox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/?page_id=293","title":{"rendered":"AEROTOX (Atmospheric Toolbox) &#8211; Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the whole year, south European countries experience dust-laden winds blowing from the Sahara desert, called \u2018<em>Sirocco<\/em>\u201d which cause \u201cseasonal haze episodes\u201d which sometimes even result in\u00a0mud rain. There are various words which describe this natural activity, including Harmattan used in West Africa Region for the dust created from November till March or Ghibli as used by North Africans tribes which is normally caused in Summer season. The phenomenon affects society in different ways notably <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Transport and Communications \u2013 Affects visibility at airports and shipping lanes and radio communications<\/li><li>Health \u2013 The dust in the air produces dry skin and cracked lips. It also presents more serious problems for asthmatics \u2013 and can lead to\u00a0silicosis, a lung disease caused due to a high content of quartz in the dust.<\/li><li>Generation of Electricity from PV Panels \u2013 The lack of visibility reduces the efficiency of PV panels hence the need for extra generation from the power stations.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\naim of this research project is to use the Satellite Sentinel 5p datasets daily\nto predict the Saharan desert movement over the south Mediterranean region in\nadvance at a very high resolution of 7x3km as opposed to 10x10km which are available\ntoday. The prediction model core algorithms will make use of the UV aerosol\nIndex from sentinel 5p, and the prediction results are to be available for free\nonline at a cloud Grid Geographical Information system, which will be created\non purpose for this research study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such a system would be beneficial for the Malta Health Directorate, and the people at large, as the former would be able to inform the public ahead, who also would be able to check on a daily basis the Sahara Desert aerosols prediction for the days to come, and therefore precautions could be taken if necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aiswetter-a.akamaihd.net\/galerie\/1923465\/saharastaub.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\"\/><figcaption>Sahara Desert Dust Concentration Credit (http:\/\/wetter.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is financed by <a href=\"https:\/\/mcst.gov.mt\/\">MCST <\/a>under the <a href=\"https:\/\/mcst.gov.mt\/space-directorate\/space-research-fund\/\">Space Research Fund<\/a>. The lead partner is <a href=\"http:\/\/mcast.edu.mt\">MCAST <\/a>and the private partner is <a href=\"https:\/\/4sight.mt\/technology\/\">4Sight <\/a>technology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the whole year, south European countries experience dust-laden winds blowing from the Sahara desert, called \u2018Sirocco\u201d which cause \u201cseasonal haze episodes\u201d which sometimes even result in\u00a0mud rain. There are various words which describe this natural activity, including Harmattan used in West Africa Region for the dust created from November till March or Ghibli as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-293","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electronics-lab.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}