Design of a website for dissemination of air quality index in India

被引：18

作者：

Sharma, M ^{[1
]}

Maheshwari, M

Sengupta, B

Shukla, BP

机构：

[1] Indian Inst Technol, Environm Engn & Management Program, Dept Civil Engn, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India

[2] Cent Pollut Control Board, Delhi 110032, India

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE | 2003年 / 18卷 / 05期

关键词：

air quality index; web-design; information dissemination; India;

D O I：

10.1016/S1364-8152(03)00003-3

中图分类号：

TP39 [计算机的应用];

学科分类号：

081203 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

An air quality index (AQI) system, including web-based AQI information dissemination software designed for India, is presented in this paper. The website is designed for online calculation and display of nation-wide AQI The site (http://home.iitk.ac.in/similar tomukesh) is currently active for historical data (1988-1998). The website renders a quick, simple and an elegant looking response to an AQI query. The display of AQI is through an air quality-meter with animation and colors for various index categories. The other features of the website include reporting of pollutant responsible for index, pollutants exceeding the standards, health effects with facilitates for inter/intra city comparison of AQI using multiple windows. In all, over 70 cities/towns with over 270 locations (spread all over India) are covered on the website. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：405 / 411

页数：7