Factors influencing the variations of PM10 aerosol dust in Klang Valley, Malaysia during the summer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 4370-4378

  Juneng, Liew ^a   Latif, Mohd Talib ^a   Tangang, Fredolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hotspots; Klang valley; Local meteorology; PM10; Synoptic circulations; Tropical air quality

Indexed keywords

HOTSPOTS; KLANG VALLEY; LOCAL METEOROLOGY; PM10; SYNOPTIC CIRCULATIONS; TROPICAL AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DROUGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION; METEOROLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL REGION; TYPHOON; URBAN POLLUTION; WESTERLY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; HURRICANE; MALAYSIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WEATHER;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; KLANG VALLEY; MALAYSIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 79959896560     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.045     Document Type: Article

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