I recently joined the group and I am glad that I did. Rajesh (IFMR) forwarded some emails from this chain.
Yes, AQI methodology is different from what USEPA uses. That has to, primarily, do with the background concentrations - in India, we have a higher dusty background concentration, which will not allow us to drop to a WHO guideline, which is very different from US cities or EU cities. The AQI reported by US embassies is based on their methodology and you will find a mismatch. We now have a AQI system in place and a long way to go to be in line with how US or EU operates their monitoring systems and information flow. A review on the same topic @ http://indiatogether.org/cost-of-environmentally-smart-cities-and-air-quality-index-environment With regards, Sarath http://www.urbanemissions.info -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
