India Aerosol Production:Effects & Policy Recommendations

India Facts• 1.16 Billion people

• Population growth rate 1.548%

India Facts• 29% live in urban areas

– Urban population increasing 2.4% annually

India Facts

• GDP per capita $2,900 166th in world

• GDP growth 7.4%

Aerosol Production

• Burning Biomass

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Aerosol Production

• Coal

Aerosol Production

• Oil

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Developing Countries: A Pilot Village Study in India and Implications for Research and Policy." Atmospheric Environment 17, no. 11 (1983): 2343-2362.

• Novakov, T., M. O. Andreae, R. Gabriel, T. W. Kirchstetter, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, and V. Ramanathan. "Origin of carbonaceous aerosols over the tropical Indian Ocean: Biomass burning or fossil fuels?" Geophysical Research Letters 27, no. 24 (2000): 4061-4063.

• "CIA - The World Factbook -- India." The World Factbook. Available from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html. Internet; accessed 28 October 2009.

• NASA. "Image of the Week - February 20, 2005." CLIMATE. Available from http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/viewImage.php?id=110. Internet; accessed 29 October 2009.