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Trend Analysis of Aerosol Concentrations over Last Two Decades from MODIS Retrievals over Hyderabad District of India

https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2024.18.1.83
Nandan A K
National Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0147-5790
Aneesh Mathew
National Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6185-2360
Padala Raja Shekar
National Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5697-7329

Corresponding Author(s) : Aneesh Mathew

aneesh@nitt.edu

Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 18 No. 1 (2024): Geomatics and Environmental Engineering

Abstract

Air pollution is one of the grave concerns of the modern era, claiming millions of lives and adversely impacting the economy. Aerosols have been observed to play a significant role in negatively influencing climatological variables and human health in given areas. The current study aimed to study the trend of aerosols and particulates on daily, monthly, seasonal, and annual levels using a 20-year (2002–2021) daily mean aerosol optical depth (AOD) product released by moderate resolution imaging spectrometer (MODIS) sensors for the Hyderabad district in India. The results of the daily mean analysis revealed a rising trend in the number of days with severe AOD (>1), whereas examinations of the seasonal and monthly mean data from 2017 through 2022 showed that peak AOD values alternated between the summer, autumn, and winter seasons over the years. Trend analysis using Mann–Kendall, modified Mann–Kendall, and innovative trend analysis (ITA) tests revealed that AOD increased significantly from 2002 through 2021 (p < 0.05; Z > 0). Furthermore, correlation analysis was performed to check for correlations between AOD levels and certain meteorological factors for the Charminar and Secunderabad regions; it was noticed that temperature had a weak positive correlation with AOD (p < 0.05; r = 0.283 [Secunderabad] – p < 0.05; r = 0.301 [Charminar]), whereas relative humidity developed a very weak negative correlation with AOD (p < 0.05; r = −0.079 [Secunderabad] – p < 0.05; r = −0.109 [Charminar]).

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aerosol pollution aerosol optical depth trend analysis correlation meteorological variables
A K, N. . ., Mathew, A., & Raja Shekar, P. (2024). Trend Analysis of Aerosol Concentrations over Last Two Decades from MODIS Retrievals over Hyderabad District of India. Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, 18(1), 83–116. https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2024.18.1.83
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