NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Korea JoongAng Daily -  Korea and the United States kicked off a research campaign to uncover the cause of air pollution across Asia, with a DC-8 aircraft fitted with air quality measurement equipment flying over Seoul on Monday. 
  
The ASIA-AQ, a joint effort by Korea's National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), kicked off last week. Aircraft, satellites and ground sites will be used in the project.