Five-Year Fine Particulate Matter Assessment over a Western Indian Megacity

Vrinda Anand; Nikhil Korhale; Abhilash S. Panicker; Gufran Beig; B. S. Murthy

doi:10.1007/s00024-023-03235-9

Five-Year Fine Particulate Matter Assessment over a Western Indian Megacity

Vrinda Anand
, Nikhil Korhale
, Abhilash S. Panicker
, Gufran Beig
, B. S. Murthy

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Abstract

The variability of PM_2.5 concentrations obtained from the air quality monitoring stations (AQMS) established at six different environments of the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR), situated in the western part of India, is analyzed for the period 2014–2018. The PM_2.5 concentrations showed an increasing trend at almost all locations within the city during the 5 years. Significant features observed were that the green/background location showed a declining trend in PM_2.5 concentrations. However, the city's industrial area indicated an increase in PM_2.5 concentrations over the years. The seasonal bivariate plot of PM_2.5 showed that the winter season has the highest concentration, and also at low wind speeds a high concentration was observed, indicative of the local sources. Concentrated weighted trajectory analysis indicated that regional sources due to long-range transport also played a role in the PM_2.5 mass concentration. The wavelet power spectrum of PM_2.5 showed 2–4 day oscillations and 30–50 day oscillations associated with Madden-Julian oscillations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1099-1111
Number of pages	13
Journal	Pure and Applied Geophysics
Volume	180
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-023-03235-9
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Bivariate polar plot
Concentrated weighted trajectory
PM
Wavelet transform

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Five-Year Fine Particulate Matter Assessment over a Western Indian Megacity

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