The role of meteorology on predicting SO2 concentrations around a refinery: A case study from Oman

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 13-20

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Correlations; Meteorological parameters; Oman refinery; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CORRELATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OMAN REFINERY;

METAL REFINERIES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; METEOROLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 33746220296     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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