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GIS applications in air pollution modeling


Conclusions
In the present study integrated modelling approach involving GIS has been used for pollution mapping of vehicular pollutants along the highway. Further GIS can also be used to highlight the impact of various inputs viz. traffic (traffic volume, composition, age etc.) in terms of emission factors and meteorological parameters. While GIS does not improve implicitly, the ability to forecast travel or improve the accuracy of spatial data, nor does it improve the accuracy and predictive capabilities of various integrated models but by using GIS these data, as well as a variety of other types and resolutions of spatial data, required for emission modeling can be brought together into an integrated modelling environment.

Acknowledgement
The authors are grateful to Director, CRRI for kindly permitting to publish the paper and presenting the same in the conference.

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