To support India’s air pollution modeling framework, we processed the NCEP Reanalysis global meteorological fields for 2015 through the 3D-WRF meteorological model. We have presented a summary for 640 districts here. The processed data is available for each of the districts as a text file, which includes hourly surface wind speed, surface wind direction, precipitation, surface temperature, and mixing height – key parameters which determine the intensity of dispersion of emissions in the region. An infographic to the right shows prevalent wind directions in 16 major cities and a summary of all the meteorological parameters over Delhi is presented here. We also conduct 3-day meteorological forecast for the region covering the Indian Subcontinent and the National Capital Region of Delhi, updated everyday at ~7:00 PM (India Standard Time).
Select a state and a district to visualize the data and download the data as a csv file below.
Animation of current surface winds (more @ https://earth.nullschool.net)
Back to the India air quality forecasting page. Additional data fields from the forecasting system
- animations of hourly wind, temperature, precipitation, and mixing heights
- daily (24 hour) average concentrations
- animations of hourly average concentrations
- hourly time series at the district level
- hourly time series for select locations
- modeled source contributions to hourly PM2.5 concentrations
External resources
- Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
- Meteorological measurements by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC)
- SAFAR program by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)
- Assimilated forecasts @ AQICN.org
- Delhi @ weather.com
Send your queries to simair@urbanemissions.info