[:ja]パキスタンにもまたがるインド北部のパンジャブ州は同地域最大の穀倉地帯ですが、10月と11月には最大の大気汚染源ともなります。こちらはNASAの地球観測衛星Suomi NPPが撮影した、そのインドの大気汚染です。
この地域では春～夏の米と秋～冬の小麦の二毛作が行われており、10月と11月に農家が稲作の残りである藁や籾殻などを一斉に燃やし、これが大気汚染を引き起こしています。
北部から煙が流れてきた首都ニューデリーの様子はこちらです。
参考文献： A Stream of Smoke in Northern India
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.123: Air Pollution of Punjab, India
Punjab State of India is known as India’s largest breadbasket which turns also to the largest producer of air pollution in October and November.
Punjab farmers adopt double cropping system and grow rice in May through September and wheat in November through April. In October farmers burn the leftover debris after rice harvest, and thousands of fires burn across the state.
Smokes blow south to cover India’s capital New Delhi with serious level of smog at this time of the year.
Reference: A Stream of Smoke in Northern India
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.123: Air Pollution of Punjab, India
Punjab State of India is known as India’s largest breadbasket which turns also to the largest producer of air pollution in October and November.
Punjab farmers adopt double cropping system and grow rice in May through September and wheat in November through April. In October farmers burn the leftover debris after rice harvest, and thousands of fires burn across the state.
Smokes blow south to cover India’s capital New Delhi with serious level of smog at this time of the year.
Reference: A Stream of Smoke in Northern India
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]