Winter Particulate Pollution over Raipur, India
Publication: Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
Volume 23, Issue 4
Abstract
Particulate air pollution during the winter season in the urban regions of India is severe due to substantial fuel and mineral combustion in adverse climatic conditions. In this work, chemical characteristics and sources of coarse particulate matter () and particulates associated chemicals during winter period of years 2006–2013 in the polluted city of Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, are reported. The ambient air coarse particulate () concentration during the winter period of 2006–2007 ranged from 221 to . The major fraction of the was composed of organic carbon, elemental carbon, iron, calcium, and sulfate. Their concentrations were remarkably reduced in the rainy season due to high wind speeds (around ) and removal with rain. The concentration variations and sources of PM and associated chemical species (i.e., carbons, ions, and metals) in the ambient air are discussed.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported through Grant No. ES/48/ICRP/008/2002 funded by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. It was also partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, Madrid.
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Received: Dec 11, 2018
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Published online: Jun 19, 2019
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