Supplementary material

Journal of Environmental Modelling and Assessment

Assessment of urban air quality around a heritage site using AERMOD: A case study of Amritsar city, India

Sunil Gulia1, Akarsh Shrivastava2, A.K. Nema3, Mukesh Khare4*

1Research Scholar, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India ()

2 B. Tech, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India ()

3 Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India ()

4Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India

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Supplementary Tables

Table S1. Emission factors of NOx, SO2 and PM10 generated from burning of crop residue

Table S2. Vehicle emission factors for NOx and PM10

Table S3. Statistical analysis of air quality monitoring data

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Table S1. Emission factors of NOx, SO2 and PM10 of burning of crop residue

Pollutants / Emission factor (g/kg) / Source
Rice Residue / Wheat Residue
NOx / 3.43* / 1.70# / *Guoliang et al. [6] #Sahai et al. [5]
SO2 / 0.18 / 0.04 / Guoliang et al. [6]
PM10 / 6.28 / 8.75 / Guoliang et al. [6]


Table S2. Vehicle emission factors for NOx and PM10

Vehicle Type / Emission Factor (g/km)*
NOx / PM10
Two wheeler (2-stroke) / 0.028 / 0.055
Two wheeler(4-stroke) / 0.297 / 0.016
3-Wheelers / 0.89 / 0.5457
4-wheelers (Petrol) / 0.369 / 0.007
4-wheelers (Diesel) / 0.877 / 0.10
Buses / 8.36 / 1.072
Trucks / 8.36 / 1.072

*Emission factor are averaged with weightage of vintage profile of vehicles.


Table S3. Statistical Analysis of air quality monitoring data

Pollutant / Minimum
(µg/m3) / Maximum (µg/m3) / Average (µg/m3) / Standard Deviation
NOx / 19.8 / 33.0 / 25.97 / 3.63
SO2 / 7.0 / 14.1 / 9.75 / 1.84
PM10 / 96.6 / 238.3 / 160.39 / 37.71

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