Record of past media coverage of Aakash project.
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2021.6.18-23 【Introduced in Media】
Separating natural and man-made pollutants in the air
【EurekAlert!】【4state news】【Agenparl】【Fripboard】
【eurasia review】【AzoCleantech】
A new study by researchers at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan, uses satellite data and mathematical modeling to explain just how great the lockdown effect on nitrogen oxides has been in Delhi, India, one of the world’s most polluted cities, and its surrounding area.
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Prakhar Misra, Masayuki Takigawa, Pradeep Khatri, Surendra K. Dhaka, A. P. Dimri, Kazuyo Yamaji, Mizuo Kajino, Wataru Takeuchi, Ryoichi Imasu, Kaho Nitta, Prabir K. Patra & Sachiko Hayashida,
Nitrogen oxides concentration and emission change detection during COVID-19 restrictions in North India, Scientific Report, 11, Article number: 9800,
https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87673-2, 2021/5
2020.12.31 【The Tribune India】
GNDU to install portable ambient air quality sensor
Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) elaborated upon the several initiatives it has undertaken in order to make the campus environment friendly and improve the air quality in and around it. In a webinar attended by distinguished scientist from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Prof J Srinivasan, VC Prof Jaspal Sandhu, informed that university would soon install portable ambient air quality sensor (PM2.5) as part of collaboration with Research Institute of Humanity and Nature (RIHN) Kyoto Japan.
2020.12.14 【The Times of India】
Study tries to assess brick kilns’ impact on air
Sachicko Hayashida of RIHN from Japan’s Kyoto and at least 20 other scientists from various institutes in Japan and India are now trying to pinpoint their distribution in the national capital region and role in Delhi’s air pollution. Hayashida is the principal investigator of the study.
< Introduced research >
Prakhar Misra, Ryoichi Imasu, Sachiko Hayashida, Ardhi Adhary Arbain, Ram Avtar, Wataru Takeuchi, Mapping Brick Kilns to Support Environmental Impact Studies around Delhi Using Sentinel-2, ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf., 9(9), 544, 2020,
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9090544, 2020/09
2020.10.20 【THE FEDERAL】
Lockdown slashed air pollution. Can we sustain the gains?
