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Video - Data Gaps and Opportunities for Air Quality Analysis
This is a narrative presentations from AGU 2021 Conference for the session - Where Are the Gaps in Monitoring, Forecasting, and Managing Air Quality in Developing Countries?
An MS Excel Based Air Quality Index (AQI) Calculator - 7 Methodologies from USA, EU, UK, India, China, South Korea and Singapore
Version (01) calculates AQI for one time data using 7 methodologies - USA, EU, UK, India, China, South Korea, and Singapore
Download the calculator here and see the video for instructions
Version (02) calculates AQI for a large dataset using 7 methodologies - USA, EU, UK, India, China, South Korea, and Singapore, and presents a comparisons chart.
Download the calculator here and see the video for instructions.
Video - Plugging blind spots in India’s Air Quality data (CEEW Parishad Series on March 4th, 2022)
Presentation made as part of the CEEW Parishad Series: How can we strengthen air pollution communication through data
Short animations of India Air Quality statistics as maps and graphs for all 23 years are below
Video - Can We Vacuum Our Air Pollution Problem Using Smog Towers?
This is a narrative recording of presentation for INSEE 2021 Conference.
Full paper is available here.
More articles and reference notes on why smog towers are not a solution to our air pollution problem are available here.
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Infograph - Zero Emission Urban Transport Modes
Walking and cycling are the best modes to achieve zero (low) emission targets for any city. More @ http://www.urbanemissions.info
Thinking Air Purifiers Will Solve Air Pollution Problem is Disingenuous and a Waste of Important Resources
There are many ideas to improve air quality. Some of them have been tossed around for a couple of decades now. An action plan the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) published in 1997 found its way after 20 years into the hands of the Delhi government.
These are not overnight solutions. They include improving infrastructure, urban transport and solid waste management. As a result, it requires patience, long-term planning, interdepartmental cooperation and, most importantly, joint action by all political parties, since the implementation and outcomes can have a considerable time lag. All straightforward – but not simple to pull off.
This is why technological gimmicks that promise overnight improvements without any reduction in emissions, systemic policy changes or infrastructural improvement are bound to be disingenuous, and a waste of important resources. And this is exactly what the multiple proposals to install air purifiers at intersections to reduce ambient air pollution are.
We cannot improve air pollution by sucking pollutants out of the atmosphere. The only way to control pollution is by controlling pollutants entering the atmosphere – i.e. by controlling emissions.
Full article @ theWIRE
Poster - Lower Emissions Lead to Lower Concentrations
inspired by Einstein's relativity equation
We said this before and saying it again - if the goal is better air quality, then we have to target the emissions at the source.
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