OVERVIEW

This page is a quick guide to the PTG Pollution-Weather Trade-off Tool based on the paper “Pollution and Weather Trade-offs for Endurance Events”.

The tool is a spreadsheet driven by empirical data on weather and pollution. The teaser article that accompanied the paper is here.

The tool will help you make an objective decision about whether you ought to attend an outdoor event based on its calendar date and based on your personal preferences for different components of weather (temperature, humidity, rainfall) and air pollution.

For the technical details behind the model please refer to the paper here.

 

SPREADSHEET TOOL DOWNLOAD

For New Delhi (or Gurgaon/Noida)
– click here for the XLSX version  ..  (recommended, 180KB only)
– click here for the XLS version  ..  (300KB)

For other locations, wait a few more weeks…

 

INPUTS

You only need to enter a few simple bits of information in the yellow cells

– your preferences [weights] for weather (temperature, humidity, rainfall)
– up to 5 different event dates being considered

 

INSIGHTFUL RESULTS

The 5 dates you choose are marked out on the red CC curve.

For each date are shown the following:
– The level of your CC
– The day ranking (1 to 365) and
– The score (0% to 100%)

All 3 measures are best when lower. The highlighting of green [good] to red [ridiculous] gives a visual comparison between dates.

Remember, always, that these numbers are based on your preferences, the assumptions of the model, and ultimately driven by the empirical data of the past.

 

WHAT NEXT?

Download the tool and play around with it. Make informed choices.

– Puru

Dr Purnendu Nath spends his waking hours focusing on helping individuals and organizations reach their goals, to make the world a better place. He speaks, writes and advises on topics such as finance, investment management, discipline, education, self-improvement, exercise, nutrition, health and fitness, leadership and parenting.