Tropospheric NO2 variability over the metropolitan cities and hill stations of India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 723-737

  Meena, G S ^a   Patil, S D ^a   Manoj, M G ^a   Devara, P C S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Deep convection; Inter annual variation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; FOREST FIRE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCIAMACHY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIA;

EID: 84870812649     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0392-1     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Akimoto H (2003) Global air quality and pollution. Science 302: 1716-1719. doi: 10. 1126/science. 1092666.
2. Alexandris D, Varotsos C, Kondratyev KY, Chronopoulos G (1999) On the altitude dependence of solar effective UV. Phys Chem Earth PT C 24: 515-517.
3. 2 by GOME measurements: a signature of anthropogenic sources. Atmos Chem Phys 3: 2225-2232.
4. Blond N, Boersma KF, Eskes HJ, van der A RJ, van Roozendael M, De Smedt I, Bergametti G, Vautard R (2007) Intercomparison of SCIAMACHY nitrogen dioxide observations, in situ measurements, and air quality modeling results over Western Europe. J Geophys Res 112: D10311. doi: 10. 1029/2006JD007277.
5. 2 retrieval from space. J Geophys Res 109: D04311. doi: 10. 1029/2003JD003962.
6. x production from GOME satellite observations. Atmos Chem Phys 5: 2311-2331.
7. Bradshaw J, Davis D, Grodzinsky G, Smyth S, Newell R, Sandholm S, Liu S (2000) Observed distributions of nitrogen oxides in the remote free troposphere from the NASA Global Tropospheric Experiment programs. Rev Geophys 38: 61-116. doi: 10. 1029/1999RG900015.
8. Burrows JP, Hölzle E, Goede APH, Visser H, Fricke W (1995) SCIAMACHY-scanning imaging absorption spectrometer for atmospheric chartography. Acta Astronaut 35: 445-451.
9. Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (1998) India's energy sector. Mumbai, India.
10. Chipperfield MP (1999) Multiannual simulations with three-dimensional chemical transport model. J Geophys Res 104: 1781-1805.
11. 4 lifetime as a measure for OH changes in the 1979-1993 time period. J Geophys Res 108(15): 4442. doi: 10. 1029/2002JD002916.
12. Draxler RR, Hess GD (1998) An overview of the HYSPLIT_4 modelling system for trajectories, dispersion, and deposition. Aust Met Mag 47: 295-308.
13. x emissions for India: assessment of inventories and mitigation flexibility. Atmos Environ 35: 703-713.
14. Garg A, Kapshe M, Shukla PR, Ghosh D (2002) Large point source (LPS) emission from India: regional and sectoral analysis. Atmos Environ 36: 213-224.
15. 2 over India. J Geophys Res 113: D20305. doi: 10. 1029/2007JD009615.
16. 2 over the major global hotspot regions during the past decade and their inter-comparison. Environ Pollut 157: 1873-1878.
17. Ghude SD, Kulkarni PS, Kulkarni SH, Fadnavis S, van Der ARJ (2011) Temporal variation of urban NOx concentration in India during the past decade as observed from space. Int J Remote Sens 32: 849-861.
18. x sources using satellite observations: relative roles of fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning and soil emissions. Faraday Discuss 130: 407-423.
19. Katsambas A, Varotsos CA, Veziryianni G, Antoniou C (1997) Surface solar ultraviolet radiation: a theoretical approach of the SUVR reaching the ground in Athens, Greece. Environ Sci Pollut R 4: 69-73.
20. Kondratyev KY, Varotsos CA (1996) Global total ozone dynamics-impact on surface solar ultraviolet radiation variability and ecosystems. Environ Sci Pollut R 3: 205-209.
21. x over Asia using the model of atmospheric transport and chemistry (MATCH-MPIC) and GOME-satellite observations. Atmos Environ 38: 581-596.
22. Kuniyal JC, Rao PSP, Momin GA, Safai PD, Tiwari S, Ali K (2007) Trace gases behavior in sensitive areas of the northwestern Himalaya-A case study of Kullu-Manali tourist complex, India. Indian J Radio Space Phys 36: 197-203.
23. Manoj MG, Devara PCS, Safai PD, Goswami BN (2011) Absorbing aerosols facilitate transition of Indian monsoon breaks to active spells. Clim Dyn 37: 2181-2198.
24. Martin RV, Sauvage B, Folkins I, Sioris CE, Boone C, Bernath P, Ziemke J (2007) Space-based constraints on the production of nitric oxide by lightning. J Geophys Res 112: D09309. doi: 10. 1029/2006JD007831.
25. 3) in presence of different types of clouds. J Earth Syst Sci 119: 249-257.
26. Meena GS, Devara PCS (2011) Zenith scattered light measurement: observations of BrO and OClO. Int J Remote Sens 32(23): 8595-8613.
27. Platt U (1994) Differential optical absorption spectroscopy. In: Sigrist MW (ed) Air monitoring by spectroscopic techniques. Wiley, New York, pp 27-84.
28. 2 from GOME measurements. Adv Space Res 29(11): 1673-1683.
29. Richter A, Burrows JP, Nüß H, Granier C, Niemeier U (2005) Increase in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide levels over China observed from space. Nature 437: 129-132.
30. Rohrer F, Berresheim H (2006) Strong correlation between levels of tropospheric hydroxyl radicals and solar ultraviolet radiation. Nature 442: 184-187.
31. 2 over India with model simulations. Atmos Environ 44: 3314-3321.
32. Tzanis C, Varotsos C, Ferm M, Christodoulakis J, Assimakopoulos MN, Efthymiou C (2009) Nitric acid and particulate matter measurements at Athens, Greece, in connection with corrosion studies. Atmos Chem Phys 9: 8309-8316.
33. 2 over China. J Geophys Res 111: D12317. doi: 10. 1029/2005JD006594.
34. 2 measured from space. J Geophys Res 113: D04302. doi: 10. 1029/2007JD009021.
35. 2. J Geophys Res 110: D08305. doi: 10. 1029/2004JD005423.
36. Varotsos CA, Chronopoulos GJ, Katsikis S, Sakellariou NK (1995) Further evidence of the role of air-pollution on solar ultraviolet-radiation reaching the ground. Int J Remote Sens 16: 1883-1886.
37. Varotsos C, Tzanis C, Cracknell A (2009) The enhanced deterioration of the cultural heritage monuments due to air pollution. Environ Sci Pollut R 16: 590-592.
38. Vitousek PM, Aber JD, Howarth RW, Likens GE, Matson PA, Schindler DW, Schlesinger WH, Tilman DG (1997) Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: sources and consequences. Ecol Appl (Tempe, AZ) 7(3): 737-750.