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susananenberg.bsky.social @susananenberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A few years back Katelyn O'Dell Dean and I along with some colleagues estimated that the public health benefits from that avoided exposure could amount to about $13 billion per year. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... As smoke events happen more often, we need more data, not less.

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Public Health Benefits From Improved Identification of Severe Air Pollution Events With Geostationary Satellite Data

Geostationary satellite data are able to identify 60% more person-alerts (people × PM2.5 alerts) than polar-orbiting satellite data Use of geostationary, over polar obiting, satellite data to inf...

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susananenberg.bsky.social @susananenberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

NOAA had spent years planning an air pollution instrument on the GeoXO satellite which would provide near-real-time, location-specific data on smoke levels, giving people the information they need to avoid exposure.

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susananenberg.bsky.social @susananenberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This seems like a good time to call attention to the fact that the government cancelled plans to develop a new satellite sensor that monitors wildfire smoke over the U.S.

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