Air quality in Southern Thailand during haze episode in relation to air mass trajectory

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 539-546

  Pentamwa, Prapat ^a   Oanh, Nguyen Thi Kim ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Particulate matter; Southeast asia haze; Thailand; Transboundary

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349094345     PISSN: 01253395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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