AMBIENT AIR QUALITY DATA
YEAR - 2004

Annual average Concentration in mg/m3 in Goa under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP)

Table 1: Summary of SO2 levels in various cities during 2004.

S.No.

State

City

Location

Type

Average

mg/m3

Std.

Deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Goa

Vasco

On the roof of Fuse Call Office, Elec. Dept.

I

BDL

3

104

L

Mormugao

Mormugao Port Trust

I

BDL

3

34

-

Panjim

Patto, Panaji

R

BDL

2

102

L

Table 2: Summary of NO2 levels in various cities during 2004.

S.No.

State

City

Location

Type

Average

mg/m3

Std.

Deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Goa

Vasco

On the roof of Fuse Call Office, Elec. Dept.

I

10

5

104

L

Mormugao

Mormugao Port Trust

I

10

5

34

-

Panjim

Patto, Panaji

R

11

9

102

L

Table 3: Summary of RSPM levels in various cities during 2004.

S.No.

State

City

Location

Type

Average

mg/m3

Std.

Deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Goa

Vasco

On the roof of Fuse Call Office, Elec. Dept.

I

52

29

99

L

Mormugao

Mormugao Port Trust

I

60

39

32

-

Table 4: Summary of SPM levels in various cities during 2004.

S.No.

State

City

Location

Type

Average

mg/m3

Std.

Deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Goa

Vasco

On the roof of Fuse Call Office, Elec. Dept.

I

156

93

100

L

Mormugao

Mormugao Port Trust

I

176

140

32

-

Panjim

Patto, Panaji

R

131

68

103

M

Note:- R – Residential and other areas, I – Industrial area, Std deviation – Standard deviation,
n – number of days monitored for 16 and more hours a day
L- Low, M- Moderate, H – High and
C – Critical levels of pollution based on exceedence factor (calculated for n ³ 50 days)

BDL = Below Detection Limit (Concentration less than 4 mg/m3 for SO2)
BDL = Below Detection Limit (Concentration less than 9 mg/m3 for NO2)