Burning issues of paddy residue management in north-west states of India

SK Lohan, HS Jat, AK Yadav, HS Sidhu, ML Jat… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Disposal of paddy residue has turn out to be a huge problem in north-west Indian states,
resulting farmers prefer to burn the residues in-situ. Paddy residue management is of utmost …

Diurnal and temporal changes in air pollution during COVID-19 strict lockdown over different regions of India

V Singh, S Singh, A Biswal, AP Kesarkar, S Mor… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lockdown measures to contain COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a considerable change
in air pollution worldwide. We estimate the temporal and diurnal changes of the six criteria …

Air pollution from biomass burning in India

S Tripathi, S Yadav, K Sharma - Environmental Research Letters, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Air Pollution is the most difficult challenge India is facing today and anthropogenic biomass
burning (ABB) is one of the major and least understood sources leading to serious health …

Objective evaluation of stubble emission of North India and quantifying its impact on air quality of Delhi

G Beig, SK Sahu, V Singh, S Tikle, SB Sobhana… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Crop residue burning during post monsoon season in the neighboring provinces leads to
frequent episodes of extreme pollution events, associated with premature morbidity and …

A Satellite-Based High-Resolution (1-km) Ambient PM2.5 Database for India over Two Decades (2000–2019): Applications for Air Quality Management

S Dey, B Purohit, P Balyan, K Dixit, K Bali, A Kumar… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is a major criteria pollutant affecting the environment, health
and climate. In India where ground-based measurements of PM2. 5 is scarce, it is important …

Year-long simulation of gaseous and particulate air pollutants in India

SH Kota, H Guo, L Myllyvirta, J Hu, SK Sahu… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Severe pollution events occur frequently in India but few studies have investigated the
characteristics, sources, and control strategies for the whole country. A year-long simulation …

Observational evidence of elevated smoke layers during crop residue burning season over Delhi: Potential implications on associated heterogeneous PM2. 5 …

A Mhawish, C Sarangi, P Babu, M Kumar… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Post monsoonal agricultural Crop Residue Burning (CRB) over northwestern India
is believed to severely affect the air quality of the megacity of Delhi. However, the …

Long term influence of groundwater preservation policy on stubble burning and air pollution over North-West India

Y Kant, P Chauhan, A Natwariya, S Kannaujiya… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Stubble burning (SB) has been a major source of seasonal aerosol loading and pollution
over northern India. The aftereffects of groundwater preservation act ie, post 2010 era (2011 …

Effects of stubble burning and firecrackers on the air quality of Delhi

AA Khan, K Garsa, P Jindal, PCS Devara - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2023 - Springer
Every year at the onset of winter season (October–November), crop residue/parali/stubble
burning starts in Punjab and Haryana, leading to heavy air pollution in Delhi, and adversely …

Role of long-range transport and local meteorology in seasonal variation of surface ozone and its precursors at an urban site in India

R Yadav, LK Sahu, G Beig, SNA Jaaffrey - Atmospheric Research, 2016 - Elsevier
This study is based on the continuous measurements of ozone (O 3), carbon monoxide (CO)
and nitrogen oxides (NOx) at a semi-arid urban site in Udaipur, India during the years 2011 …