Browsing by Author "Baruah, Ujjal Deka"

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    Perceptions and adaptation behavior of farmers to climate change in the upper Brahmaputra Valley, India
    (Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2021-03-08T00:00:00) Baruah, Ujjal Deka; Saikia, Anup; Robeson, Scott M.; Mili, Nitashree; Chand, Pritam
    To better understand how farmers perceive and adapt to climate change, climate trends and a survey of farmer attitudes and behavior in the upper Brahmaputra valley zone (UBVZ) of India were analyzed. Rainfall and temperature trends were estimated in combination with the results from a detailed questionnaire of 384 farmers across 20 villages in rainfed areas of the UBVZ. From 1971 to 2007, the annual mean temperature in the UBVZ increased by 0.15��C/decade while summer rainfall decreased markedly. Logistic regression was used for modeling the perceptions and adaptation behavior of farmers. Farmers perceptions of climate change tended to closely match those estimated from the climate data, but farmers with better access to water resources, credit, and those with higher family income, higher production, and larger farm sizes had more options to adapt and were more likely to adopt techniques to cope with climate change and variability. Factors such as age, education level, and family size of respondents were less likely to impact farmers� decisions to adapt to climate change. � 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
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    Spatio-temporal characterization of tropospheric ozone and its precursor pollutants NO2 and HCHO over South Asia
    (Elsevier B.V., 2021-10-25T00:00:00) Baruah, Ujjal Deka; Robeson, Scott M.; Saikia, Anup; Mili, Nitashree; Sung, Kang; Chand, Pritam
    In recent decades, South Asia has experienced declining air quality, with much of the attention being focused on extremely high levels of particulate matter. Here, we analyze tropospheric ozone (O3), formaldehyde (HCHO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to assess other measures of air quality across South Asia from 2008 to 2018. The IASI-Forli retrieved tropospheric ozone data was validated with ozonesonde, reanalysis (ERA5), satellite (TES), and model simulation products (GEOS-Chem and TOMCAT/SLIMCAT). Space-based observations of these three trace gases were used to conduct a spatio temporal analysis over South Asia using trend analysis (Theil-Sen and linear regression), change-point detection (Pettitt's test), and hotspot identification (Getis-Ord Gi*). We used the formaldehyde-nitrogen dioxide ratio (FNR) to identify NOx limited, VOC limited, and transitional regimes in South Asia. Counter to previous studies, a statistically significant decrease of HCHO (?0.0041 DU yr?1) and O3 (?0.064 DU yr?1) was detected for South Asia; however, NO2 is increasing the 0.001 DU yr?1 over South Asia during 2008�18. The Indo-Gangetic Plains emerged as being critically affected by the three trace gases. Certain parts of southern and south-eastern India are gradually emerging as NO2 and HCHO hotpots. No significant O3 hotspots were discernible, though coldspots existed along the Himalaya belt of India, Nepal, and Bhutan and mountainous tracts of Pakistan. FNR indicates the reduction of NOx in NOx-limited regime of the Indo-Gangetic Plains reduced the formation of tropospheric O3 over South Asia. � 2021 Elsevier B.V.