Santiago Lopez publishes on the impacts of social unrest on air quality using a remote sensing framework

Santiago Lopez and international colleagues from the Salesian Polytechnic University published “Assessing Air Quality Dynamics during Short-Period Social Upheaval Events in Quito, Ecuador, Using a Remote Sensing Framework” in the Journal Remote Sensing. This research article investigates air quality fluctuations during two short-period social upheaval events caused by civil protests during Ecuador’s economic crisis in 2019, and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in Quito, Ecuador. The study highlights the advantages of a remote sensing framework to monitor atmospheric conditions in countries with limited air quality monitoring infrastructure, and provides a valuable methodology for the evaluation of short-term alterations in atmospheric conditions due to social disturbance events.