Estimation of particulate matter from visibility in Bangkok, Thailand

被引:24
作者
Vajanapoom, N [1 ]
Shy, CM [1 ]
Neas, LM [1 ]
Loomis, D [1 ]
机构
[1] Thammasat Univ, Fac Sci & Technol, Dept Hlth Sci, Khlong Luang 12121, Pathumthani, Thailand
来源
JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE ANALYSIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | 2001年 / 11卷 / 02期
关键词
particulate matter; PM10; regression model; relative humidity; visibility;
D O I
10.1038/sj.jea.7500148
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Lack of daily data on airborne particles has been a common problem in an air pollution research. To deal with this problem, a regression model was developed to estimate daily PM IO concentration using visibility in Bangkok from 1992 to 1997, based on 1092 visibility/PM IO pair- observations on low humidity days (humidity less than or equal to 76.5%). Visibility was significantly and inversely associated with PM10 (r =0.71), after adjusting for minimum temperature and winter indicator variable. The R-2 of the model was 0.51.
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页码:97 / 102
页数:6
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