A novel method for detecting acid rain patterns of SO<inf>2</inf> and NO<inf>2</inf> using pH in image processing

Abstract

Acid rain is a major regional scale environmental problem around the globe. To control acid rain pollution and to protect the ecological environment, it is a major need to identify the occurrence of acid rains. This paper presents a methodology for identifying the occurrence of acid rain using pH values calculated from normality by applying k-means clustering and haar wavelet transform on the satellite imagery of water vapor, SO 2 and NO 2 . If the computed pH value lies in the range of 1 pH 5, it is identified as acid rain. The resulted outcome indicates that the amount of rainfall with the concentration of SO 2 and NO 2 have a strong influence on the occurrence of acid rains.

GROWTH AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSE OF Capsicum annum L. EXPOSED TO SIMULATED ACID RAIN

“…Acid rain is formed when Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide emissions interact with atmospheric water to make atmospheric pollutants. Rainwater's pH drops below 5.6 when acid is added to it (Dondapati et al, 2013). Urban areas and heavily industrialized areas have experienced problems with acid rain (Grennfelt et al, 2020).…”

Effect of Khoms power station stack emission impact on the ancient city of Leptis Magna, Libya

“…Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is highly reactive and corrosive causes acid rain formation that damages building materials and structures (Gandhi, et al 2017;Zhang, et al 2017& Duan, et al 2016. The pH of rain is reduced as low as 5.6 when exposed to acidic pollutants such as sulfur and nitrogen oxides (Dondapati, et al 2013). Acid rain is harmful to cultural heritage, especially the outdoor marble and bronze sculptures (Livingston, 2016).…”