Current Context: NASA has successfully launched the Tropospheric Emission Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on 7 April 2023,
- This was launched for monitoring the major air pollutants. This TEMPO is the America’s first space instrument.
- The instrument was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket along with the Intelsat 40E satellite.
- The TEMPO which was launched will help to observe the air quality from space.
- NASA Administrator has said the TEMPO mission aims to improve life on Earth by monitoring the effects of everything from congested traffic to wildfires and pollution from volcanoes.
- TEMPO will be able to measure air quality over North America hourly during the day.
- The TEMPO was invented to measure a number of major pollutants including ozone, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and formaldehyde.
Question:
Q.1 What is the full form of TEMPO which was launched by NASA?a. Tropospheric Emission Monitoring of Pollution
b. Tropospheric Emission Monitoring of Pollutents
c. Tropical Emission Monitoring of Pollution
d. Tropospheric Emission Measurement of Pollution
