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Tunghai University-News-- NASA high-tech, portable air quality monitors in Tunghai for focused air quality monitoring
On September 8, Taichung’s Environmental Protection Bureau held the starting ceremony of the program at Tunghai University. Deputy Minister Tzu-Chin Chang of the Environmental Protection Administration, Deputy Mayor Yi-Ying Lin, Director Zhi-Rong Bai of the Environmental Protection Bureau, Tunghai President Mao-Jiun Wang, Professor George Lin of National Central University, and Doctor Si-Chee Tsai of NASA all attended the event to activate the three advanced, portable air quality monitors.
According to Tunghai President Mao-Jiun Wang, on the same day of the ceremony, the 24th International Conference on Aerosol Science and Technology was also held in Tunghai University. Tunghai, therefore, felt very privileged to contribute to this air quality improvement project in collaboration with an international research team consisting of the Environmental Protection Administration, the Taichung City Government, and the Association for Aerosol Research. By combining resources from the government, academic organizations, and NASA, they could help to solve the air pollution problem using long-term, systematic monitoring and analysis.
According to Deputy Minister Tzu-Chin Chang of the Environmental Protection Administration, the Administration has been working with NASA for ten years on various projects, including a co-monitoring station in the Jade Mountain, which monitors pollutants coming from outside Taiwan. Thanks to this previous collaboration and the City Mayor’s invitation to Doctor Si-Chee Tsai of NASA, they were also able to facilitate this new project.
According to Deputy Mayor Yi-Ying Lin, solving the air pollution problem was one of Taichung City Mayor Chia-Lung Lin’s biggest concerns. Over the past two years, 85 new policies and campaigns have been launched to decrease air pollution, including introducing new energy sources for businesses, investments from the industry for infrastructure, and second-hand motorcycle replacement projects. Taichung’s PM 2.5 particles had dropped from 27 mg/m3 in 2014 to 22.8 mg/m3 with steady annual improvement.
However, what worries people most was the constant poor visibility despite the decrease in pollution. To address this issue, the city government started a collaboration with the Environmental Protection Bureau and the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan and an academic team with faculty members from Tunghai University, National Central University, and China Medical University. They adapted the advanced remote monitoring technology from NASA and launched the “Visibility and Micro-Particles Monitor and Analysis Program.” The program would help them identify the key factors which continue to cause poor visibility while pollution has actually decreased.
The main conductor behind the project, Professor George Lin, pointed out that various factors influencing visibility also included OC, EC, SO42-, NO3-, and dust. The program would analyze the physical and chemical feature of each factor as well as its contribution to bad visibility. From that, they would draft specific policies and plans to solve the problem.
NASA high-tech, portable air quality monitors in Tunghai for focused air quality monitoring
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On September 8, Taichung’s Environmental Protection Bureau held the starting ceremony of the program at Tunghai University. Deputy Minister Tzu-Chin Chang of the Environmental Protection Administration, Deputy Mayor Yi-Ying Lin, Director Zhi-Rong Bai of the Environmental Protection Bureau, Tunghai President Mao-Jiun Wang, Professor George Lin of National Central University, and Doctor Si-Chee Tsai of NASA all attended the event to activate the three advanced, portable air quality monitors.
Tunghai President Mao-Jiun Wang
According to Tunghai President Mao-Jiun Wang, on the same day of the ceremony, the 24th International Conference on Aerosol Science and Technology was also held in Tunghai University. Tunghai, therefore, felt very privileged to contribute to this air quality improvement project in collaboration with an international research team consisting of the Environmental Protection Administration, the Taichung City Government, and the Association for Aerosol Research. By combining resources from the government, academic organizations, and NASA, they could help to solve the air pollution problem using long-term, systematic monitoring and analysis.
Deputy Minister Tzu-Chin Chang of the Environmental Protection Administration
According to Deputy Minister Tzu-Chin Chang of the Environmental Protection Administration, the Administration has been working with NASA for ten years on various projects, including a co-monitoring station in the Jade Mountain, which monitors pollutants coming from outside Taiwan. Thanks to this previous collaboration and the City Mayor’s invitation to Doctor Si-Chee Tsai of NASA, they were also able to facilitate this new project.
Taichung’s Deputy Mayor Yi-Ying Lin
According to Deputy Mayor Yi-Ying Lin, solving the air pollution problem was one of Taichung City Mayor Chia-Lung Lin’s biggest concerns. Over the past two years, 85 new policies and campaigns have been launched to decrease air pollution, including introducing new energy sources for businesses, investments from the industry for infrastructure, and second-hand motorcycle replacement projects. Taichung’s PM 2.5 particles had dropped from 27 mg/m3 in 2014 to 22.8 mg/m3 with steady annual improvement.
However, what worries people most was the constant poor visibility despite the decrease in pollution. To address this issue, the city government started a collaboration with the Environmental Protection Bureau and the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan and an academic team with faculty members from Tunghai University, National Central University, and China Medical University. They adapted the advanced remote monitoring technology from NASA and launched the “Visibility and Micro-Particles Monitor and Analysis Program.” The program would help them identify the key factors which continue to cause poor visibility while pollution has actually decreased.
Professor George Lin of National Central University giving a
briefing on the Visibility and Micro-Particles Monitor and Analysis Program
The main conductor behind the project, Professor George Lin, pointed out that various factors influencing visibility also included OC, EC, SO42-, NO3-, and dust. The program would analyze the physical and chemical feature of each factor as well as its contribution to bad visibility. From that, they would draft specific policies and plans to solve the problem.
Opening ceremony of the Visibility and Micro-Particles Monitor and Analysis Program
Honorable guests and attendants
- previous Grand opening of the 2017 Indonesia Taiwan Higher Education Expo in Jakarta
- Tunghai’s career consultancy performance has been recognized by the Ministry of Education next
