India plans to use satellites to monitor air pollution

NEW DELHI:

India’s apex pollution regulator Central Pollution Control Board is planning to use satellite data for air pollution monitoring. It will help the regulator in expanding monitoring in areas where ground-based network does not exist. “We are exploring the possibility of using the satellite-based observations with ground-based measurements to correlate the two,” said SP Singh Parihar, chairman.China and the US already use satellite imagery to estimate levels of fine particulate matter.