Impact of Meteorological Factors on PM2.5 in Chennai

Abstract

Air pollution is a fast developing environmental issue of public worries in every place. It will affect the human health and local or regional weather condition. During the last decades, the special attention for the fine particles up to 2.5µm (PM2.5) is being given. Particulate matter (2.5µm) is defined as very fine particulate pollutants which affect the human health system. In the present study, atmospheric particulate matter PM2.5 data were collected for the period between July 2016 and March 2017 at Alandur, a fast-growing place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The pollution data was collected by a high volume sampler. The PM2.5 data from the sampler was correlated with meteorological factors like temperature, wind speed and humidity to find the interrelationship between the parameters. These results will give knowledge about which meteorological factors are modifying the PM2.5 concentrations in Alandur.

An Assessment of Anticipated Pollution Index of Some Common Plants and Trees of Rohtak City of Haryana (India)

“…The released pollutants cause human and animal health problems and damage to the ecosystems. 1 Physical processes like winds and atmospheric lapse rates impact the pollutants through the horizontal and vertical movement of air. Wind causes the pollutants to disperse hence causing their dilution.…”