Analysis of NOx, NO and NO2 ambient levels in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Khaled Gasmi; Abdulaziz Aljalal; Watheq Al-Basheer; Mumin Abdulahi

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2017.07.002

Analysis of NO_x, NO and NO₂ ambient levels in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Khaled Gasmi^*
, Abdulaziz Aljalal
, Watheq Al-Basheer
, Mumin Abdulahi

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

NO_x, NO, and NO₂ concentrations and meteorological parameters, temperature, wind speed, relative humidity and pressure were measured continuously in Dhahran from May to July 2015. Concentrations of NO_x, NO, and NO₂ were found to be highly influenced by traffic emission and meteorological conditions. The temperature and wind speed showed negative correlation coefficients while relative humidity showed positive correlation coefficient with NO_x, NO, and NO₂ concentrations. NO₂ was found to exceed international air quality standards, which indicates the existence of possible NO₂ air pollution problem in Dhahran.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	232-242
Number of pages	11
Journal	Urban Climate
Volume	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2017.07.002
State	Published - Sep 2017

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Keywords

Meteorological parameters
NO
NO
NO
Traffic emission

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Urban Studies
Atmospheric Science

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