What caused severe air pollution episode of November 2016 in New Delhi?

VP Kanawade, AK Srivastava, K Ram, E Asmi… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In recent years, South Asia is experiencing severely degraded air quality, with
particulate matter less than 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) reaching unprecedented high levels. Here, we …

Reconciling the mountain biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing: drivers of biodiversity loss and new approaches in the Hindu-Kush Himalayas

E Sharma - 2016 - insajournal.in
Mountains have long been admired and protected on the grounds of their wilderness,
character and landscape beauty. But despite their remoteness and low human population …

Characteristics of VOC composition at urban and suburban sites of New Delhi, India in winter

N Tripathi, LK Sahu, L Wang, P Vats… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Simultaneous measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using two PTR‐TOF‐
MS instruments were conducted at urban and suburban sites of New Delhi during the winter …

Intra-urban variability of particulate matter (PM2. 5 and PM10) and its relationship with optical properties of aerosols over Delhi, India

S Tiwari, PK Hopke, AS Pipal, AK Srivastava… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highly time-resolved measurements of particulate matter (PM: PM 2.5 and PM 10) were
made at three different sites across Delhi (CCRI: a highly traffic site, IMD: a less traffic site …

The role of the Intertropical discontinuity region and the heat low in dust emission and transport over the Thar Desert, India: A Premonsoon case study

UC Dumka, DG Kaskaoutis, D Francis… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A severe dust storm occurred over north India during 12–16 June 2018 is analyzed using
satellite observations, reanalysis, ground‐based measurements, and model (Meso‐NH) …

Classification of weather clusters over the Middle East associated with high atmospheric dust-AODs in West Iran

K Mohammadpour, M Sciortino, DG Kaskaoutis - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Daily aerosol optical depth (AOD) and meteorological fields obtained from Monitoring
Atmospheric Composition and Climate (MACC) and ERA-Interim reanalysis, respectively are …

Improved air quality during COVID-19 at an urban megacity over the Indo-Gangetic Basin: From stringent to relaxed lockdown phases

AK Srivastava, PD Bhoyar, VP Kanawade, PCS Devara… - Urban climate, 2021 - Elsevier
The enforced lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic eased anthropogenic activities across
India. The satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) and absorption AOD showed a …

The Caspian Sea–Hindu Kush Index (CasHKI): a regulatory factor for dust activity over southwest Asia

DG Kaskaoutis, EE Houssos, A Rashki… - Global and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work investigates the modulation in dust activity over southwest (SW) Asia attributed to
changes in the mean sea level pressure (MSLP) between the Caspian Sea (CS) and Hindu …

[PDF][PDF] Nature and sources of ionic species in precipitation across the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India

S Tiwari, PK Hopke, D Thimmaiah, UC Dumka… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2016 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACTThe spatial distribution of rainwater chemistry over the densely-populated and
highly polluted Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) was investigated using samples (total= 687) …

Aerosol optical properties at seven AERONET sites over Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Sea

X Xu, L Xie, X Yang, H Wu, L Cai, P Qi - Atmospheric Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
An 8-year dataset from 7 AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) sites is used to analyzed the
variation characteristics of aerosol optical and microphysical properties over the Middle East …