A Case Study on Atmospheric Pollution over Mumbai –A West Coastal Mega City in India

Dr GUDI SUDHAKAR; M.SHANAWAZ BEGUM; S. OBAIDULLA SHARIFF; D.PUNYASESHUDU

Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2014

A Case Study on Atmospheric Pollution over Mumbai –A West Coastal Mega City in India

Dr Gudi Sudhakar, M. Shanawaz Begum, S. Obaidulla Shariff, D. Punyaseshudu

Abstract :

Atmosphere as varied and vast as the universe itself is a natural phenomenon all pervasive. The process of atmospheric studies has been there ever since the existence of human race. Air pollutants released from various sources affect directly or indirectly man and his environment. The resulting ground level concentration patterns have to be estimated for a wide variety of air quality analyses for social planning and industrial growth. Air pollutants emitted from different sources are transported, dispersed or deposited by meteorological and topographical conditions. Pollutants are substances which, when present at high enough concentrations, produce harmful effects on people and/or the environment. Air pollution was first perceived as a local problem in urban industrialized areas, hence taller smoke–stacks for industries and power plants were a ready solution. Urban population is growing very rapidly throughout the world, besides the world population is urbanizing much faster than is growing