Temporal variations in atmospheric CO2 concentrations in Kuwait City, Kuwait with comparisons to Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-305

  Nasrallah, Hassan A ^a   Balling Jr , Robert C ^b   Mohammed Madi, Shaker ^c   Al Ansari, Lamya ^c  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Enviromental Protection Agency   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Kuwait City; Phoenix, Arizona; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; URBAN CLIMATE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; DATA ANALYSIS; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KUWAIT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NIGHT; TIME; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARIZONA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KUWAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

KUWAIT; UNITED STATES;

PHOENIX;

EID: 0037289559     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00221-X     Document Type: Article

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