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NASA sends pollution-monitoring planes above Bay Area

Original post made on Jan 31, 2013

Specially equipped NASA aircraft will be hovering over Bay Area skies Thursday and Friday collecting air quality data to better understand our region's air pollution.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, January 31, 2013, 12:21 PM

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Posted by Doug Pearson
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Jan 31, 2013 at 4:54 pm

The story refers to "how cleaner air moves into northern California." Since the air is coming from the Pacific, I wonder if it's really cleaner or if maybe it has too much of the pollution that is causing China so much trouble.


Posted by usa
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jan 31, 2013 at 7:52 pm

usa is a registered user.

"Specially equipped NASA aircraft will be hovering over Bay Area skies Thursday and Friday collecting air quality data to better understand our region's air pollution."

It mostly comes from pollution-monitoring planes hovering over the Bay Area.


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