https://phys.org/news/2018-06-hard-corner-los-angeles-county.html

"It's essential that citizens understand how air quality can fluctuate in different parts of the city," said Gabriel Kahn, professor of professional practice at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. "Providing this kind of granular detail can allow asthma sufferers, people with respiratory problems and folks who just like to exercise outdoors the kind of information that can make a difference for their health."

Crosstown is a joint project of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the Integrated Media Systems Center at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The study used an artificial intelligence model developed with the Spatial Sciences Institute at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Other collaborators are the USC Information Sciences Institute and Keck School of Medicine of USC.