Spatial and temporal analysis of ground level ozone and nitrogen dioxide concentration across the twin cities of Pakistan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3133-3147

  Ahmad, Sheikh Saeed ^a   Aziz, Neelam ^a  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Climatic variables; Nitrogen dioxide (NO2); Ozone (O3); Pakistan; Passive sampling; Spatial interpolation; Twin Cities (Rawalpindi and Islamabad)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; ISLAMABAD; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PAKISTAN; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION;

OZONE; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INTERPOLATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; PAKISTAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ISLAMABAD [ISLAMABAD (ADS)]; ISLAMABAD [PAKISTAN]; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; RAWALPINDI;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PAKISTAN; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876300177     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2778-7     Document Type: Article

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