50 firecrackers per wedding: DSS's 'science' behind stubble fire rethink 6
Hindustan Times|November 20, 2024
On November 16, the Decision Support System (DSS) run by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) calculated that the contribution of stubble burning to Delhi's PM2.5 (particulate matter with diameter below 2.5 microns) was 37.5% on November 15.
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50 firecrackers per wedding: DSS's 'science' behind stubble fire rethink 6

On November 18, it revised its calculation to 21.56%.

Similar revisions were made for November 14- from 33.33% to 24.51% and November 13, from 30.8% to 14.82%.

running The reason: so-called false fires recorded by satellites due to fog, and the large number of weddings in Delhi (based on news reports).

Researchers DSS assumed that 50 firecrackers were burst at each wedding held in Delhi. "The fire count was adjusted and run again, as we saw newspaper and media reports that a nur of weddings were held in the period," IITM scientist Sachin Ghude told HT.

Gude did not disclose the source of the data shared in these reports.

"We know this is a crude correction and not a very accurate corruption "Hondmittod

And that absence of science, logic, and exactitude is the beginning of the reason why the various administrations in charge of various aspects of the national capital, have been unable to address the annual problem of pollution.

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