Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, Dehradun

In recent years, an increase in the poor air quality events is noted over Indian region. Particularly Delhi and surrounding region witness severely degraded air quality during post monsoon and pre-monsoon seasons. Considering alarming situation of deteriorating air quality in India, an initiative has been taken up at IIRS by synergistic use of numerical prediction models for the forecasting of dust, particulate matter(PM 2.5 and PM 10) and gaseous pollutants (CO, O₃, SO₂, NO_x), ground based inputs and remote sensing data sets of aerosol optical depth and particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10) to monitor air quality of Indian region in a methodological way. A web portal is hosted at IIRS website to disseminate model generated forecast fields and satellite based inputs for the monitoring and analysis of air quality over Indian region.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING,
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION
Dept. of Space, Govt. of India
4, Kalidas Road, Dehradun - 248 001 (India)
Tel: + 91 - (0)135 - 2524399 Fax:+ 91 - (0)135 - 2741987
Email: director[At]iirs[dot]gov[dot]in