Chemical characterisation of the haze in Brunei Darussalam during the 1998 episode

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2725-2731

  Muraleedharan, T R ^a   Radojevic, Miroslav ^b   Waugh, Allan ^c   Caruana, Anthony ^d  

^a Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c Watson Hawksley Asia   (Brunei Darussalam)

^d Consil Global Environment Group ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Haze; PAHs; Particulate matter; VOCs

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; BENZENE; CRESOL; ETHYLBENZENE; HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HAZE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; FIRE; HAZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; WIND;

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM;

ALKALI METALS; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; FIRES; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FOREST FIRES; HAZE; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0033626214     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00341-6     Document Type: Article

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