Nepal Ambient Monitoring and Source Testing Experiment (NAMaSTE): emissions of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide from vehicles and brick kilns and their impacts on air quality in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Zhong, Min; Saikawa, Eri; Avramov, Alexander; Chen, Chen; Sun, Boya; Ye, Wenlu; Keene, William C.; Yokelson, Robert J.; Jayarathne, Thilina; Stone, Elizabeth A.; Rupakheti, Maheswar; Panday, Arnico K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8209-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8209-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8209-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 12

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24 Jun 2019

Research article |

| 24 Jun 2019

Nepal Ambient Monitoring and Source Testing Experiment (NAMaSTE): emissions of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide from vehicles and brick kilns and their impacts on air quality in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Min Zhong, Eri Saikawa, Alexander Avramov, Chen Chen, Boya Sun, Wenlu Ye, William C. Keene, Robert J. Yokelson, Thilina Jayarathne, Elizabeth A. Stone, Maheswar Rupakheti, and Arnico K. Panday

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Air pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues in the Kathmandu Valley, the capital city of Nepal. We estimated emissions from two of the major source types in the valley (vehicles and brick kilns) and found that they have significant impacts on air quality surrounding the valley. Our results highlight the importance of improving local emissions estimates for air quality modeling.