Source apportionment of airborne particulates through receptor modeling: Indian scenario

T Banerjee, V Murari, M Kumar, MP Raju - Atmospheric Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Airborne particulate chemistry mostly governed by associated sources and apportionment of
specific sources is extremely essential to delineate explicit control strategies. The present …

Identifying pollution sources and predicting urban air quality using ensemble learning methods

KP Singh, S Gupta, P Rai - Atmospheric Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study, principal components analysis (PCA) was performed to identify air pollution
sources and tree based ensemble learning models were constructed to predict the urban air …

Temporal profile of PM10 and associated health effects in one of the most polluted cities of the world (Ahvaz, Iran) between 2009 and 2014

H Maleki, A Sorooshian, G Goudarzi, A Nikfal… - Aeolian research, 2016 - Elsevier
Ahvaz, Iran ranks as the most polluted city of the world in terms of PM 10 concentrations that
lead to deleterious effects on its inhabitants. This study examines diurnal, weekly, monthly …

Were traffic restrictions in Madrid effective at reducing NO2 levels?

R Salas, MJ Perez-Villadoniga… - … Research Part D …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper we assess the effectiveness of the introduction of Madrid Central, a low-
emission zone (LEZ), to improve air quality in the centre of Madrid. We take advantage of …

Chemical characterization, source apportionment and transport pathways of PM2. 5 and PM10 over Indo Gangetic Plain of India

S Jain, SK Sharma, MK Srivastava, A Chatterjee… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work depicts the spatial and temporal variations in chemical characteristics and
sources of PM 2.5 and PM 10 over Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India from January 2015 to …

Assessing the immediate impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the air quality of Kolkata and Howrah, West Bengal, India

M Sarkar, A Das, S Mukhopadhyay - Environment, Development and …, 2021 - Springer
The worldwide spread of COVID-19 caused a nationwide lockdown in India from 24 March
2020 and was further extended up to 3 May 2020 to break off the transmission of novel …

The impact of anthropogenic emissions and meteorological conditions on the spatial variation of ambient SO2 concentrations: A panel study of 113 Chinese cities

X Yang, S Wang, W Zhang, D Zhan, J Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
China has received increased international criticism in recent years in relation to its air
pollution levels, both in terms of the transmission of pollutants across international borders …

Source apportionment and health risk assessment of airborne particulates over central Indo-Gangetic Plain

V Murari, N Singh, R Ranjan, RS Singh, T Banerjee - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Sources of airborne particulates (PM 10) were investigated in two contrasting sites over
central Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), one representing a rural background (Mirzapur) and …

Influence of mixing layer height on air pollutant concentrations in an urban street canyon

P Wagner, K Schäfer - Urban Climate, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban areas often suffer from high air pollutant concentrations. To study the influence of the
mixing layer height (MLH) on concentrations of important pollutants in an urban street …

Have any effect of COVID-19 lockdown on environmental sustainability? A study from most polluted metropolitan area of India

I Chowdhuri, SC Pal, A Arabameri, PTT Ngo… - … Research and Risk …, 2022 - Springer
The long-term lockdown due to COVID-19 has beneficial impact on the natural environment.
India has enforced a lockdown on 24th March 2020 and was subsequently extended in …