The occurrence of haze in Malaysia: A case study in an urban industrial area

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 221-238

  Soleiman, Aiman ^a,b   Othman, Mazlan ^a   Samah, Azizan Abu ^b   Sulaiman, Nik Meriam ^b   Radojevic, Miroslav ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Haze; Malaysia; Rainfall; Temperature; TSP; Wind

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HAZE; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; URBAN AREA;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0037271804     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-8774-7     Document Type: Article

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