Temporal and spatial variations of the quality of ambient air in the Kingdom of Bahrain during 2007

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 241-252

  Khamdan, S A A ^a   Al Madany, I M ^a   Buhussain, E ^a  

^a Public Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Ambient air quality; Automobiles; Bahrain; Industries; Seasonal variation; Spatial

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST; BAHRAIN; CONTROLLING FACTORS; KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN; KRUSKAL; MANN-WHITNEY; MONITORING STATIONS; NON-PARAMETRIC; P-XYLENE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY;

AMMONIA; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARA XYLENE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOLUENE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EXHAUST EMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; BAHRAIN; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; XYLENES;

ASIA; BAHRAIN; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67650632337     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0392-5     Document Type: Article

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