Air Quality Assessment Using Interpolation Technique

• Main Authors: Awkash Kumar, Rashmi S. Patil, Anil Kumar Dikshit, Rakesh Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thai Society of Higher Eduction Institutes on Environment 2016-07-01
• Series: EnvironmentAsia
• Subjects: air quality; interpolation technique; ArcGIS; IDW
• Online Access: http://tshe.org/ea/pdf/vol9no2-17.pdf

Air pollution is increasing rapidly in almost all cities around the world due to increase in population. Mumbai city in India is one of the mega cities where air quality is deteriorating at a very rapid rate. Air quality monitoring stations have been installed in the city to regulate air pollution control strategies to reduce the air pollution level. In this paper, air quality assessment has been carried out over the sample region using interpolation techniques. The technique Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) of Geographical Information System (GIS) has been used to perform interpolation with the help of concentration data on air quality at three locations of Mumbai for the year 2008. The classification was done for the spatial and temporal variation in air quality levels for Mumbai region. The seasonal and annual variations of air quality levels for SO2, NOx and SPM (Suspended Particulate Matter) have been focused in this study. Results show that SPM concentration always exceeded the permissible limit of National Ambient Air Quality Standard. Also, seasonal trends of pollutant SPM was low in monsoon due rain fall. The finding of this study will help to formulate control strategies for rational management of air pollution and can be used for many other regions.