Particulate matter (PM) pollution is a major challenge in India. The Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change, Government of India has launched the National Clean Air …

Abstract Air quality in Hyderabad, India, often exceeds the national ambient air quality
standards, especially for particulate matter (PM), which, in 2010, averaged 82.2±24.6 …

Airborne particulate chemistry mostly governed by associated sources and apportionment of
specific sources is extremely essential to delineate explicit control strategies. The present …

Source apportionment of particulate matter (PM 10) measurements taken in Delhi, India
between January 2013 and June 2014 was carried out using two receptor models, principal …

In the present work, source apportionment studies were carried out for particulate matter–
one among the significant pollutants as addressed by The National Ambient Air Quality …

A first-of-its-kind source apportionment study of the Ahmedabad, India aerosol was
conducted in order to determine the major sources contributing to the measured total …

Air pollution in urban environments has been shown to have a negative impact on air quality
and human health, particularly in megacities. Over recent decades, Delhi, India has suffered …

The concentrations of organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), water soluble inorganic
ionic components (WSIC), and major & trace elements of PM 10 were studied in Delhi, an …

The collocated measurements of aerosols size distribution (ASD) and aerosol optical
thickness (AOT) are analyzed simultaneously using Grimm aerosol spectrometer and …

India is used as a case study in reviewing the application of receptor models for source
apportionment. India has high concentrations of airborne particulate matter, and the …