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The monitoring of ambient air quality of Katra (one of the important town of Jammu from economic as well as religious point of view), at selected locations of residential areas, commercial areas and traffic crossings with respect to particulate matter (both respirable and non-respirable) has been conducted for a period of two years i.e. July 2010 – June 2012. Large variations in ambient particulate matter concentrations have been observed throughout the study period. Seasonally, the particulate matter exhibited low values during monsoon period and high values during post-monsoon period. The concentration of particulates (both respirable and non-respirable) in post monsoon season exceeded the concentrations than that of other seasons at most of the sites, thereby signifying the impact of local factors on pollutant concentrations, besides the impact of meteorological factors. Higher concentrations have been recorded in the year 2011-2012 as compared to 2010-2011 at all the sites except traffic crossings.

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Ambient air quality Katra town RSPM TSPM seasonal variations

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Raina, A. K. ., & Sharma , A. . . (2013). Ambient air quality of Katra Town (J&K): A Study with Reference to atmospheric particulates. Environment Conservation Journal, 14(1&2), 113–119. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2013.141220
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