Articles | Volume 16, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5357-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5357-2016
Research article
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29 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 29 Apr 2016

Seasonal variability of PM2.5 composition and sources in the Klang Valley urban-industrial environment

Norhaniza Amil, Mohd Talib Latif, Md Firoz Khan, and Maznorizan Mohamad

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This study investigates the PM2.5 variability in the Klang Valley urban-industrial environment. Source apportionment analysis reveals two major contributors of PM2.5 in the study area: secondary inorganic aerosols and biomass burning. The chemical constituents and sources of PM2.5 in this study area were greatly influenced and characterised by meteorological and gaseous parameters which largely vary with season.
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