Variations of surface ozone concentration across the Klang Valley, Malaysia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 434-445

  Latif, Mohd Talib ^a   Huey, Lim Shun ^a   Juneng, Liew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

HYSPLIT trajectory analysis; Ozone temporal variation; Precursors; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY DATA; BACK TRAJECTORIES; DAILY VARIATIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; LONG TERM MONITORING; MALAYSIA; MONITORING STATIONS; PRECURSORS; QUALITY DIVISIONS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE OZONE; SURFACE OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PATTERNS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OZONE; TITRATION;

LANDFORMS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL PERIOD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WIND;

KLANG VALLEY; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84865068936     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.062     Document Type: Article

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