Air quality in Singapore during the 2013 smoke-haze episode over the Strait of Malacca: Lessons learned

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-131

  Velasco, Erik ^a   Rastan, Soheil ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Moving average concentration; Pollutant Standard Index; Smoke haze

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931053371     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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