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 …

Effects of crop residue burning on aerosol properties, plume characteristics, and long‐range transport over northern India

DG Kaskaoutis, S Kumar, D Sharma… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol emissions from biomass burning are of specific interest over the globe due to their
strong radiative impacts and climate implications. The present study examines the impact of …

Current status of aerosol-cloud interactions and their impact over the Northern Indian Ocean: A comprehensive review

S Tiwari, H Kumar, S Singh, A Kumar - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The interactions between aerosol and cloud play a vital role in global climate change and
associated with one of the largest uncertainties. In last few decades, due to unique …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Study of surface morphology, elemental composition and origin of atmospheric aerosols (PM2. 5 and PM10) over Agra, India

AS Pipal, R Jan, PG Satsangi, S Tiwari… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2014 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACTIn situ measurements of PM (PM2. 5 and PM10) particles were carried out using
a medium volume air sampler (offline) and particle number concentrations of PM were …

An overview of the physico-chemical characteristics of dust at Kanpur in the central Indo-Gangetic basin

A Misra, A Gaur, D Bhattu, S Ghosh, AK Dwivedi… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
The optical, chemical, and physical properties of dust over the Indo-Gangetic basin are
presented based on a campaign mode experiment conducted at Kanpur (26.52 ºN, 80.23 …

[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) …

Identification of aerosol types over Indo-Gangetic Basin: implications to optical properties and associated radiative forcing

S Tiwari, AK Srivastava, AK Singh, S Singh - Environmental Science and …, 2015 - Springer
The aerosols in the Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB) are a mixture of sulfate, dust, black carbon,
and other soluble and insoluble components. It is a challenge not only to identify these …

Assessment of two intense dust storm characteristics over Indo–Gangetic basin and their radiative impacts: a case study

S Tiwari, A Kumar, V Pratap, AK Singh - Atmospheric Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study is focused to examine the impacts of two intense dust storms on aerosol
characteristics and their radiative impacts occurred in pre-monsoon season of 2018 (ie 17 …

Wintertime characteristics of aerosols at middle Indo-Gangetic Plain: Impacts of regional meteorology and long range transport

M Kumar, S Tiwari, V Murari, AK Singh… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
To develop a coherent picture of possible origin of Asian aerosol, transport and
meteorological interaction; wintertime aerosol (January, 1 to March, 31, 2014 (n= 90)) were …