Identification and quantification of emission hotspots of air pollutants over Bhubaneswar: A smart city in Eastern India

SK Sahu, P Sahoo, P Mangaraj, G Beig, B Tyagi… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2023 - Springer
Considering the need to identify the sources of air pollution in smart city Bhubaneswar, a
non-attainment city in India, a high-resolution comprehensive gridded emission inventory …

The Diwali festival: short-term high effect of fireworks emissions on particulates and their associated empirically calculated health risk assessment at Bhubaneswar city

M Mishra, R Boopathy, C Mallik, T Das - Environmental geochemistry and …, 2024 - Springer
This article elucidates the role of the short-term combustion of firecrackers and sparklers as
a significant source of atmospheric pollutants that deteriorate ambient air quality and …

Changes in physicochemical, heavy metals and air quality linked to spot Aplocheilus panchax along Mahanadi industrial belt of India under COVID-19-induced …

B Paital, SG Pati, F Panda, SK Jally… - … Geochemistry and Health, 2023 - Springer
Positive effects of COVID-19-induced lockdowns on environment are well documented
although pre-planned experiments for such analyses and appearance of fish species are …

Reduction of the concentration of particulate material at a sampling point in Cusco city at the beginning of the pandemic

J Warthon, M Alvarez, A Olarte, Y Quispe, V Jalixto… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The pandemic produced by SARS-CoV-2 generated various impacts on public health, the
environment and other anthropogenic activities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …

Machine learning techniques to predict atmospheric black carbon in a tropical coastal environment

P Satpathy, R Boopathy, MM Gogoi, SS Babu… - … Applications: Society and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Black Carbon (BC) is a crucial atmospheric pollutant with significant impacts on both human
health and climate change. Therefore, continuous measurement of this pollutant is vital to …

Particulate/gaseous pollutants and solar radiation fluctuations over Bhubaneswar amidst two special events: Diwali and solar eclipse

M Mishra, R Boopathy, C Mallik, T Das - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2024 - Elsevier
This work presents short-term investigations to assess variations in PM 2.5, PM 10, SO 2, NO
2, O 3, CO, BC, light NMHCs (ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, and acetylene) and …

Effect of lockdown on pollutant levels in the Delhi megacity: Role of local emission sources and chemical lifetimes

C Mallik, H Gadhavi, S Lal, RK Yadav… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in changed emission regimes all over the world. India
also imposed complete lockdown on all modes of travel and industrial activities for about 2 …

Chemical characteristics and oxidative potential of summertime PM2. 5 over an urban location on the east coast of India

S Panda, M Mishra, J Nath, T Das, DR Satapathy… - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
The oxidative potential of PM 2.5 is investigated for the first time in Bhubaneswar using
dithiothreitol (DTT) assay, an urban coastal city in eastern India. PM 2.5 samples were …

The Health Menace of Myriad Air Pollutants: An Indian Perspective

P Satpathy, M Mishra, J Nath, R Boopathy… - Air Quality and Human …, 2024 - Springer
Air pollution has been obserbed to be one of the greatest scourges of our era. As per United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) approximately 1.1 billion people respire …

Chemical characterisation of fine aerosols in a smart city on the east coast of India: Seasonal variability and its impact on visibility impairment

S Panda, S Bikkina, SK Sharma, T Das… - Journal of Earth System …, 2023 - Springer
This study investigates the seasonal variation of PM (PM2. 5 and PM10) over Bhubaneswar
(20.3 ºN, 85.827 ºE), a smart city on the eastern coast of India. PM2. 5 and PM10 ranged …