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WeathermanTrent authored Sep 7, 2023
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The Houston metropolitan area is the fourth most populous city in the United States and top-10 in terms of spatial extent. It’s well known that cities can impact the environment and those changes correlate to spatial extent and architectural characteristics of the city. The large population and expanse of the city means Houston has a transportation infrastructure that produces a lot of human-produced emissions. This and the proximity of Houston to the Gulf of Mexico, make it especially susceptible to environmental changes related to urban development.

A team of researchers from the University of Alabama in Huntsville temporally averaged daily Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) measurements from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra and Aqua satellites (MODIS product MCD19A2) to evaluate decadal changes in AOD over the Houston metropolitan area. The team also utilizes urbanization data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Imperviousness dataset (NLCD Imperviousness (CONUS) All Years) to visualize how Houston’s urban footprint has changed between 2001 and 2019. The combination of these data with socioeconomic data from NASA’s Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) poverty level (CDC/ATSDR SVI Data and Documentation Download | Place and Health | ATSDR) allow for insights on how urban growth in Houston over the last 20 years has impacted air quality and how changes in air quality vary by socioeconomic status.
A team of researchers from the University of Alabama in Huntsville temporally averaged daily Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) measurements from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra and Aqua satellites (MODIS product [MCD19A2](https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/MCD19A2)) to evaluate decadal changes in AOD over the Houston metropolitan area. The team also utilizes urbanization data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Imperviousness dataset (NLCD Imperviousness (CONUS) All Years) to visualize how Houston’s urban footprint has changed between 2001 and 2019. The combination of these data with socioeconomic data from NASA’s Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) poverty level (CDC/ATSDR SVI Data and Documentation Download | Place and Health | ATSDR) allow for insights on how urban growth in Houston over the last 20 years has impacted air quality and how changes in air quality vary by socioeconomic status.
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