Monitoring particulate matter in India: recent trends and future outlook

Pallavi Pant; Raj M. Lal; Sarath K. Guttikunda; Armistead G. Russell; Ajay S. Nagpure; Anu Ramaswami; Richard E. Peltier

doi:10.1007/s11869-018-0629-6

Monitoring particulate matter in India: recent trends and future outlook

Pallavi Pant, Raj M. Lal, Sarath K. Guttikunda, Armistead G. Russell, Ajay S. Nagpure, Anu Ramaswami, Richard E. Peltier

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Abstract

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 (PM ₁₀ ) concentration data from the national regulatory monitoring network for 12 years (2004–2015) were systematically analyzed to determine broad trends. Less than 1% of all PM ₁₀ measurements (11 out of 4789) were found to meet the annual average WHO Air Quality Guideline (20 μg/m ³ ), while 19% of the locations were in compliance with the Indian air quality standards for PM ₁₀ (60 μg/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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	45-58
Number of pages	14
Journal	Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-018-0629-6
State	Published - Jan 8 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Pollution
Atmospheric Science
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Air pollution policy
Air quality monitoring
India
PM
PM
WHO Air Quality Guidelines

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