{"681229":{"#nid":"681229","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Cutting-edge air quality monitoring strengthens public health nationwide","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/ng-dr-nga-lee-sally\u0022\u003ENga Lee \u0022Sally\u0022 Ng\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, leads the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ascent.research.gatech.edu\/about\u0022\u003EAtmospheric Science and Chemistry mEasurement NeTwork (ASCENT)\u003C\/a\u003E, which includes 12 air quality measurement sites nationwide. Each site has state-of-the-art instruments that help us understand aerosols, or tiny particles in the atmosphere. The network is constantly analyzing the chemical constituents of aerosols with a diameter smaller than 2.5 micrometers, referred to as PM2.5, which contribute to more than 90% of the adverse health impacts associated with air pollution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0022We provide ASCENT data to the public in real time so that people know what\u0027s in the air we\u0027re breathing,\u0022 Ng said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/ng-dr-nga-lee-sally\u0022\u003ENga Lee \u0022Sally\u0022 Ng\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, leads the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ascent.research.gatech.edu\/about\u0022\u003EAtmospheric Science and Chemistry mEasurement NeTwork (ASCENT)\u003C\/a\u003E, which includes 12 air quality measurement sites nationwide. Each site has state-of-the-art instruments that help us understand aerosols, or tiny particles in the atmosphere. The network is constantly analyzing the chemical constituents of aerosols with a diameter smaller than 2.5 micrometers, referred to as PM2.5, which contribute to more than 90% of the adverse health impacts associated with air pollution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0022We provide ASCENT data to the public in real time so that people know what\u0027s in the air we\u0027re breathing,\u0022 Ng said.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-03-19 16:58:19","changed_gmt":"2025-03-20 14:34:44","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"NSF News","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/cutting-edge-air-quality-monitoring-strengthens-public","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}