Simulation of equatorial wind field patterns with TAPM during the 1997 haze episode in Peninsular Malaysia

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 312-326

  Mahmud, Mastura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Equatorial region; Haze; Meteorological parameters; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREST FIRE; HAZE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER; TURBULENCE; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

KLANG VALLEY; MALAYSIA; STRAIT OF MALACCA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 70349945439     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2009.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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