SO2 and NOx Emissions from Kuwait Power Stations in Years 2001 and 2004 and Evaluation of the Impact of These Emissions on Air Quality Using Industrial Sources Complex Short-Term (ISCST) Model

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 169-178

  Al Azmi, Bader N ^a   Nassehi, V ^a   Khan, A R ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Emissions; Nitrogen oxides; Pollution; Power stations; Sulphur dioxide; Thermal

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SURGE PROTECTION; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN GROWTH;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUND LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; POWER STATION; THERMAL;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEX SHORT TERM MODEL; KUWAIT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREDICTION; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 70349764082     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0001-4     Document Type: Review

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