Talapatra, A and Majumdar, Dipanjali and Srivastava, Anjali (2014) Distribution of Ozone over Urban Kolkata: Observed vs. UAM-V Prediction. Ozone: Science & Engineering, 36 (2). pp. 181-190. ISSN 0191-9512 Print or 1547-6545 Online

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Abstract

Vehicular pollution, emissions due to burning of fossil fuel from industries and nonpoint sources in Kolkata are major sources of air pollution characterized by oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These pollutants are also responsible for the secondary ozone formation based on their reactivities. In the present study ozone has been monitored hourly every month in residential, industrial,traffic intersections, and petrol pumps in the urban area of Kolkata along with eight hourly nonoxygenated VOCs,carbonyls and NOx. Urban Airshed Model (UAM-V) has been used to simulate ozone on January 14, 2008 in Kolkata’s urban Area. Results of predicted ground level ozone have been in agreement with observed ozone concentrations.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ozone; Volatile Organic Compounds; Urban Airshed Model
Subjects:	Air Pollution
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Dr Dipanjali Majumdar
Date Deposited:	23 Jul 2014 05:28
Last Modified:	08 Jan 2016 12:22
URI:	http://neeri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/483

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