Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the vision and support from the authorities of Amity University Haryana and Utter Pradesh. The above study was carried out in collaboration with the Aryabhatta Research Institute for Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), New Delhi Unit.
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P.C.S. Devara
, P.B. Sharma
, M. Joshi
, M.P. Alam
Amity Centre for Ocean-Atmospheric Science and Technology (ACOAST) &
Amity Centre for Environmental Science and Health (ACESH), Amity University Haryana (AUH), Gurgaon (Panchgaon-Manesar)122413
U.C. Dumka
Aryabhatta Research Institute for Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital-263002
S. Tiwari
, A.K. Srivastava
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology-Delhi Unit (IITM-DU), New Delhi-110060
| Date |
PM1 |
PM2.5 |
PM10 |
BC |
| |
Mass Concentration (µg/m3) |
| 29/12/2015 |
4.14 |
62.51 |
194.10 |
4.81 |
| 30/12/2015 |
4.53 |
72.30 |
245.44 |
11.91 |
| 31/12/2015 |
3.81 |
59.65 |
211.72 |
15.22 |
| 01/01/2016 |
3.31 |
48.90 |
146.70 |
10.55 |
| 02/01/2016 |
3.46 |
51.25 |
155.10 |
9.95 |
| 03/01/2016 |
3.86 |
58.42 |
181.14 |
11.40 |
| 04/01/2016 |
4.39 |
70.30 |
234.97 |
9.00 |
| 05/01/2016 |
4.52 |
74.05 |
256.85 |
7.63 |
| 06/01/2016 |
3.45 |
52.97 |
166.51 |
9.85 |
| 07/01/2016 |
4.94 |
85.29 |
317.83 |
17.27 |
| 08/01/2016 |
2.71 |
42.28 |
159.23 |
9.98 |
| 09/01/2016 |
3.10 |
46.29 |
141.56 |
1.86 |
| 10/01/2016 |
3.25 |
49.74 |
164.10 |
1.80 |
| 11/01/2016 |
2.82 |
41.57 |
125.82 |
1.42 |
| 12/01/2016 |
2.69 |
40.03 |
124.34 |
2.10 |
| 13/01/2016 |
2.67 |
39.24 |
118.06 |
8.19 |
| 14/01/2016 |
4.96 |
77.44 |
251.19 |
5.38 |
| 15/01/2016 |
3.60 |
55.31 |
182.15 |
4.34 |
| 16/01/2016 |
3.45 |
53.31 |
177.40 |
1.53 |
| 17/01/2016 |
3.93 |
62.42 |
221.53 |
2.01 |
| 18/01/2016 |
5.31 |
90.49 |
371.75 |
2.71 |
| 19/01/2016 |
4.32 |
66.80 |
211.50 |
4.21 |
| 20/01/2016 |
4.96 |
77.44 |
251.19 |
2.13 |
Table 1: Daily diurnal mean PM and BC mass concentrations from 29 December 2015 to 20 January 2016.
