Journal
AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 45-58Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-018-0629-6
Keywords
India; Air quality monitoring; Air pollution policy; WHO Air Quality Guidelines; PM10; PM2.5
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Funding
- NSF SRN [1444745]
- NSF PIRE Grant [1243535]
- Office Of Internatl Science &Engineering
- Office Of The Director [1243535] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Air quality remains a significant environmental health challenge in India, and large sections of the population live in areas with poor ambient air quality. This article presents a summary of the regulatory monitoring landscape in India, and includes a discussion on measurement methods and other available government data on air pollution. Coarse particulate matter (PM10) concentration data from the national regulatory monitoring network for 12years (2004-2015) were systematically analyzed to determine broad trends. Less than 1% of all PM10 measurements (11 out of 4789) were found to meet the annual average WHO Air Quality Guideline (20g/m(3)), while 19% of the locations were in compliance with the Indian air quality standards for PM10 (60g/m(3)). Further efforts are necessary to improve measurement coverage and quality including the use of hybrid monitoring systems, harmonized approaches for sampling and data analysis, and easier data accessibility.
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