The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) faces many obstacles in its fight against air pollution owing to a lack of scientific evidence and insufficient capacity. The Centre for Air Pollution Studies (CAPS) at CSTEP aims to fill these gaps through the development of emission inventories to generate evidence on air pollution and clean air action plans to devise source-specific interventions. CAPS is also involved in conducting training workshops for local pollution control board officials and awareness workshops to increase public support for successful policy implementation.
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Urban air-quality estimation using visual cues and a deep convolutional neural network in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India
Mobile monitoring provides robust measurements of air pollution. However, resource constraints often limit the number of measurements so that assessments cannot be obtained in all locations of interest. In response, surrogate measurement methodologies, such as videos and images, have been suggested. Previous studies of air pollution and images have used static images (e.g., satellite images or Google Street View images).
Application of an Ultra-Low-Cost Passive Sampler for Light-Absorbing Carbon in Mongolia
Low-cost, long-term measures of air pollution concentrations are often needed for epidemiological studies and policy analyses of household air pollution. The Washington passive sampler (WPS), an ultra-low-cost method for measuring the long-term average levels of light-absorbing carbon (LAC) air pollution, uses digital images to measure the changes in the reflectance of a passively exposed paper filter. A prior publication on WPS reported high precision and reproducibility.
Report Launch: Jharkand
The Consortium including CSTEP and the Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED) completed emission inventory studies for six cities in Jharkhand. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), CEED, and CSTEP jointly released the emission inventory reports related to air pollution scenarios of six cities in Jharkhand on 10 April 2023.
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