CONTENTS

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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK i

AIR POLLUTION : ITS HEALTH EFFECTS AND iii

MANAGEMENT
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS XIX

CRITERIA OF SETTING AIR QUALITY STANDARDS : XXXVI

AN OVERVIEW
PART 1 AIR QUALITY : MONITORING
1. Monitoring Techniques Ambient Air Quality 1

2. Methods For Suspended Particulate Monitoring 9

3. Measurement of Respirable Suspended 18

Particulate Matter in Ambient Air

4. Sulphur Dioxide Monitoring 32

5. Nitrogen Dioxide Monitoring 45

6. Ammonia (Nessleriazion Method) 52

7. Hydrogen Sulphide Monitoring Method 56

8. Monitoring of Inorganic Ions in Ambient Air 59 (i-xiii)

9. Some Critical Facets in Air Pollution Monitoring 60

10. Monitoring of Industrial Emissions 69

11 .Vehicle Emissions Monitoring Techniques 110
12. Operation and Calibration of Air Quality 118
Monitoring Instruments:
HVS, RDS and CO Analyzer
13. Air Quality Data Analysis and Internal Quality 127

Control
14. Time Series Analysis of Air Quality Data 163
15. Indoor Air Quality 170
16. Activated Carbon and its Application for 178
Monitoring of Volatile Organic Compounds: A
Case Study
17. Monitoring Meteorological Parameters 197

Contd..
 18. An Approach for Quality Check of Meteorological 212
Data

PART II AIR QUALITY: MODELLING

1. Air Quality Dispersion and Data Interpretation 216

2. Data Requirement for Air Quality Modelling : A Case 229

Study
3. Calibration and Validation of Air Quality Models and 233

Preparation of Emission Inventory

4. Approach to Vehicle Emission Modelling 238

PART III AIR QUALITY: MANAGEMENT

1. Industrial Emission Control Techniques and 241

Equipments
2. Vehicular Pollution Management: Diesel Exhaust 259

Emission Control