Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area.

The only available data from the Airport have been used to examine the effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area. Although evidence were still inconclusive, there appeared to be a slight trend of deteriorating visibility during the 1966-75 decade...

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Main Author:	Sham Sani
Format:	Article
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1979
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4093/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4093/

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spelling	ukm-40932012-04-04T01:47:34Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4093/ Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area. Sham Sani, The only available data from the Airport have been used to examine the effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area. Although evidence were still inconclusive, there appeared to be a slight trend of deteriorating visibility during the 1966-75 decade particularly in the visibility range of >32.0 km (>20 miles). The growth of urbanization and industrial development within and around Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya coupled with the absence of any form of smoke control measures have probably been the major contributory factors. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1979 Article PeerReviewed Sham Sani, (1979) Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area. AKADEMIKA, 15 . pp. 11-20. ISSN 0126-5008 http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/penerbit/jdem15-2.htm
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description	The only available data from the Airport have been used to examine the effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area. Although evidence were still inconclusive, there appeared to be a slight trend of deteriorating visibility during the 1966-75 decade particularly in the visibility range of >32.0 km (>20 miles). The growth of urbanization and industrial development within and around Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya coupled with the absence of any form of smoke control measures have probably been the major contributory factors.
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author	Sham Sani,
spellingShingle	Sham Sani, Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area.
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title	Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area.
title_short	Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area.
title_full	Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area.
title_fullStr	Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area.
title_full_unstemmed	Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area.
title_sort	possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the kuala lumpur-petaling jaya area.
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	1979
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4093/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4093/
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Possible effects of air pollution and urbanization on visibility in the Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya area.

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