Estimation of particulate matter from visibility in Bangkok, Thailand

Authors
Vajanapoom, N Shy, CM Neas, LM Loomis, D
Citation
N. Vajanapoom et al., Estimation of particulate matter from visibility in Bangkok, Thailand, J EXP AN EN, 11(2), 2001, pp. 97-102
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE ANALYSIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
ISSN journal
10534245 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
97 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-4245(200103/04)11:2<97:EOPMFV>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Lack of daily data on airborne particles has been a common problem in an ai r pollution research. To deal with this problem, a regression model was dev eloped to estimate daily PM IO concentration using visibility in Bangkok fr om 1992 to 1997, based on 1092 visibility/PM IO pair- observations on low h umidity days (humidity less than or equal to 76.5%). Visibility was signifi cantly and inversely associated with PM10 (r =0.71), after adjusting for mi nimum temperature and winter indicator variable. The R-2 of the model was 0 .51.