Temporal and spatial variations in ambient air quality during 1996-2009 in Bangkok, Thailand

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1741-1754

  Watcharavitoon, Pornpun ^a,b   Chio, Chia Pin ^a   Chan, Chang Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ambient air quality; Bangkok; Temporal and spatial variations

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; BANGKOK; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; STEPWISE MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HOUSING; LINEAR REGRESSION; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; ROADSIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GUIDELINE; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; THAILAND;

EID: 84888425546     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.11.0305     Document Type: Article

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