Dense measurement network revealed high level of PM2.5 in Punjab due to crop residue burning and its transport to Haryana and Delhi NCR

2 October, 2023

Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Nagoya University
Nagasaki University
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Meteorological Research Institute
Kobe University
Tohoku University
Nara Women's University
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo

A group of international collaborators led by the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature team performed the first quantitative study of air pollution in the north-western India region using 29 low-cost and reliable instruments, demonstrating the advantages of source region observations to link crop residue burning (CRB) and air pollution at local to regional scales.

https://www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn_e/news/detail/405/
(Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)