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h i ll i J iatmospheric pollution at Jaipur.During the normal days averageu g e o d ys ve geRSPM triggers around 100-250RSPM triggers around 100-250( / 3) th N ti l A bi t(µg/m3) as per the National AmbientAir quality standards (NAAQS) thisq y ( Q )range comes under the moderatelyrange comes under the moderatelypolluted categorypolluted category.

D i D t t itDuring Dust storms it can goin the range of 250-430 whichgcomes under the severe qualitycomes under the severe qualityof air pollution according toof air pollution according toNAAQS.

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Th RSPM bt i d f RPCB b ti i 119 6 / 3 h th di t dThe average RSPM obtained from RPCB observations is 119.6µg/m3 whereas the predictedi 152 4 / 3 Thi d “M d t l P ll t d” t NAAQSaverage is 152.4µg/m3.This comes under “Moderately Polluted” category as per NAAQS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:--TheThe authorsauthors acknowledgeacknowledge GiovanniGiovanni onlineonline datadata system,system, developeddeveloped andand maintainedmaintained byby thethe NASANASAGESGES DISC,DISC, AERONETAERONET GroupGroup ,, BirlaBirla InstituteInstitute ofof TechnologyTechnology JaipurJaipur CampusCampus forfor providingprovidingthethe researchresearch facilityfacility andand environmentenvironment.. WeWe alsoalso acknowledgeacknowledge wundergroundwunderground..com,com, andand RPCBRPCB forforprovidingproviding thethe datadata.. FirstFirst AuthorAuthor wouldwould alsoalso likelike toto extendextend sinceresincere thanksthanks toto IGAC,IGAC, SPARCSPARC andandLocalLocal organisingorganising committeecommittee (Jinan(Jinan University)University) forfor providingproviding fullfull supportsupport toto presentpresent thisthis researchresearch..

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