Carbon Monoxide
Context
- A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal are attempting to address the climate change challenge by developing and implementing an innovative data-model fusion technique, which aim to dramatically improve air quality over India.
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- This consists of an advanced high-resolution atmospheric CO (carbon monoxide) modelling technique, which is capable of devising strategies to address air quality issues faced by both agricultural sectors and in megacities.
- The study found that biomass burning plays only a minimal role in both column and surface enhancements of CO.
- Weather Research and Forecasting model, coupled with chemistry (WRF-Chem) is used to identify and quantify the role of transport mechanisms and emissions on the occurrence of the pollution events.
- The investigation is based on the use of carbon monoxide observations from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on board the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite and the surface measurement network.
About Carbon monoxide
- CO indirectly contributes to the buildup of some greenhouse gases in the troposphere.
- It reacts with certain chemicals that would otherwise destroy methane and ozone, thus helping to elevate the concentrations of methane and ozone.
- Thermal combustion is the most common source of carbon monoxide, however there are numerous environmental and biological sources that generate and emit a significant amount of carbon monoxide.
- Incomplete combustion occurs when the supply of air or oxygen is poor. Water is still produced, but carbon monoxide and carbon are produced instead of carbon dioxide. The carbon is released as soot .
- Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas.
- Humans utilize carbon monoxide for various industrial processes including synthetic chemical manufacturing and metallurgy, however it is also a problematic air pollutant arising from industrial activities.
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