Washington, Aug 10: With Beijing Olympics on a roll, a team led by an Indian-origin scientist will be using a new technology to understand how the atmosphere responds when a heavily populated region substantially curbs everyday industrial emissions.
For this purpose, scientists are conducting the "Cheju ABC Plume-Monsoon Experiment" (CAPMEX), which will include a series of flights by specially equipped unmanned aircraft known as autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (AUAVs).
Developed at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in La Jolla, Calf, the aerial vehicles are employed with instruments that can measure smog and its effects on meteorological conditions.