Table 3.
Descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) of PM10, PM2.5, NO2 and SO2 concentrations (μg/m3) during the pre-burning and burning period in rabi and kharif seasons at selected sites in Haryana and Delhi.
| Rabi (Pre-burning) |
Rabi (Burning) |
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| RKP | IGI | Delhi | HSR | KAR | Haryana | RKP | IGI | Delhi | HSR | KAR | Haryana | |
| PM10 | 211.7 ± 50.5 | 203.6 ± 65.2 | 207.6 ± 57.5 | 145.9 ± 50.3 | 1619 ± 55.0 | 153.9 ± 52.6 | 245.8 ± 89.9 | 245.0 ± 91.3 | 245.4 ± 90.5 | 198.4 ± 76.4 | 180.0 ± 60.3 | 189.2 ± 68.4 |
| PM2.5 | 101.6 ± 58.7 | 71.8 ± 23.4 | 86.7 ± 43.5 | 64.8 ± 31.6 | 68.6 ± 27.4 | 66.7 ± 29.5 | 61.5 ± 12.3 | 73.6 ± 33.3 | 67.5 ± 45.6 | 98.4 ± 37.8 | 103.7 ± 32.8 | 101.0 ± 35.3 |
| NO2 | 73. 5 ± 10.1 | 35.8 ± 18.1 | 54.6 ± 14.0 | 22.6 ± 6.8 | 22.0 ± 11.6 | 22.3 ± 9.2 | 71.1 ± 13.8 | 13.3 ± 2.6 | 42.2 ± 8.3 | 28.3 ± 10.3 | 31.1 ± 12.7 | 29.6 ± 11.5 |
| SO2 | 9.2 ± 2.5 | NA | 9.2 ± 2.5 | 25.6 ± 8.7 | 25.1 ± 10.4 | 25.3 ± 9.6 | 9.8 ± 4.3 | NA | 9.8 ± 4.3 | 32.5 ± 12.2 | 28.4 ± 13.2 | 30.4 ± 12.5 |
| Kharif (Pre-burning) | Kharif (Burning) | |||||||||||
| RKP | IGI | Delhi | HSR | KAR | Haryana | RKP | IGI | Delhi | HSR | KAR | Haryana | |
| PM10 | 104.2 ± 44.5 | 110.5 ± 42.4 | 107.4 ± 43.2 | 97.7 ± 30.3 | 109.3 ± 43.1 | 103.5 ± 36.5 | 312.2 ± 125.1 | 325.9 ± 145.7 | 319.0 ± 135.0 | 279.3 ± 113.7 | 225.6 ± 83.6 | 252.4 ± 98.5 |
| PM2.5 | 41.5 ± 16.7 | 40.5 ± 16.7 | 41.0 ± 16.7 | 51.4 ± 15.9 | 50.1 ± 26.9 | 50.7 ± 21.5 | 162.6 ± 106.9 | 187.4 ± 127.1 | 175.0 ± 117.0 | 157.3 ± 86.3 | 150.3 ± 84.8 | 153.8 ± 85.0 |
| NO2 | 34.6 ± 17.8 | 34.5 ± 1.6 | 34.5 ± 10.0 | 13.2 ± 4.2 | 8.8 ± 6.6 | 11.0 ± 10.8 | 44.7 ± 22.0 | 40.8 ± 55.4 | 42.7 ± 38.5 | 29.1 ± 15.5 | 17.7 ± 9.2 | 23.4 ± 12.2 |
| SO2 | 5.2 ± 1.5 | NA | 5.2 ± 1.5 | 24.7 ± 14.3 | 13.9 ± 13.3 | 19.3 ± 13.8 | 10.5 ± 2.6 | NA | 10.5 ± 2.6 | 20.7 ± 8.1 | 18.0 ± 6.2 | 19.4 ± 7.0 |