Analysing PM2.5 and its association with PM10 and meteorology in the arid climate of Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 453-464

  Munir, Said ^a   Habeebullah, Turki M ^a   Mohammed, Atef M F ^a,b   Morsy, Essam A ^a,c   Rehan, Mohammad ^d   Ali, Kawsar ^e  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Air quality; Makkah Saudi Arabia; Particulate matter; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

WIND;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDEX METHOD; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; MECCA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85010806749     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2016.03.0117     Document Type: Article

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