Spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques : a case study in Malaysia.
The objective of this study is to identify spatial and temporal patterns in the air quality at three selected Malaysian air monitoring stations based on an eleven-year database (January 2000–December 2010). Four statistical methods, Discriminant Analysis (DA), Hierarchical Agglomerative Cluster Anal...
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| author | Syed Abdul Mutalib, Sharifah Norsukhairin Juahir, Hafizan Azid, Azman Mohd Sharif, Sharifah Latif, Mohd Talib Aris, Ahmad Zaharin M. Zain, Sharifuddin Dominick, Dorrena |
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| description | The objective of this study is to identify spatial and temporal patterns in the air quality at three selected Malaysian air monitoring stations based on an eleven-year database (January 2000–December 2010). Four statistical methods, Discriminant Analysis (DA), Hierarchical Agglomerative Cluster Analysis (HACA), Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), were selected to analyze the datasets of five air quality parameters, namely: SO2, NO2, O3, CO and particulate matter with a diameter size of below 10 μm (PM10). The three selected air monitoring stations share the characteristic of being located in highly urbanized areas and are surrounded by a number of industries. The DA results show that spatial characterizations allow successful discrimination between the three stations, while HACA shows the temporal pattern from the monthly and yearly factor analysis which correlates with severe haze episodes that have happened in this country at certain periods of time. The PCA results show that the major source of air pollution is mostly due to the combustion of fossil fuel in motor vehicles and industrial activities. The spatial pattern recognition (S-ANN) results show a better prediction performance in discriminating between the regions, with an excellent percentage of correct classification compared to DA. This study presents the necessity and usefulness of environmetric techniques for the interpretation of large datasets aiming to obtain better information about air quality patterns based on spatial and temporal characterizations at the selected air monitoring stations. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-289392016-02-05T07:34:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28939/ Spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques : a case study in Malaysia. Syed Abdul Mutalib, Sharifah Norsukhairin Juahir, Hafizan Azid, Azman Mohd Sharif, Sharifah Latif, Mohd Talib Aris, Ahmad Zaharin M. Zain, Sharifuddin Dominick, Dorrena The objective of this study is to identify spatial and temporal patterns in the air quality at three selected Malaysian air monitoring stations based on an eleven-year database (January 2000–December 2010). Four statistical methods, Discriminant Analysis (DA), Hierarchical Agglomerative Cluster Analysis (HACA), Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), were selected to analyze the datasets of five air quality parameters, namely: SO2, NO2, O3, CO and particulate matter with a diameter size of below 10 μm (PM10). The three selected air monitoring stations share the characteristic of being located in highly urbanized areas and are surrounded by a number of industries. The DA results show that spatial characterizations allow successful discrimination between the three stations, while HACA shows the temporal pattern from the monthly and yearly factor analysis which correlates with severe haze episodes that have happened in this country at certain periods of time. The PCA results show that the major source of air pollution is mostly due to the combustion of fossil fuel in motor vehicles and industrial activities. The spatial pattern recognition (S-ANN) results show a better prediction performance in discriminating between the regions, with an excellent percentage of correct classification compared to DA. This study presents the necessity and usefulness of environmetric techniques for the interpretation of large datasets aiming to obtain better information about air quality patterns based on spatial and temporal characterizations at the selected air monitoring stations. Royal Society of Chemistry 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28939/1/Spatial%20and%20temporal%20air%20quality%20pattern%20recognition%20using%20environmetric%20techniques.pdf Syed Abdul Mutalib, Sharifah Norsukhairin and Juahir, Hafizan and Azid, Azman and Mohd Sharif, Sharifah and Latif, Mohd Talib and Aris, Ahmad Zaharin and M. Zain, Sharifuddin and Dominick, Dorrena (2013) Spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques : a case study in Malaysia. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 15 (9). pp. 1717-1728. ISSN 2050-7887; ESSN: 2050-7895 10.1039/C3EM00161J English |
| spellingShingle | Syed Abdul Mutalib, Sharifah Norsukhairin Juahir, Hafizan Azid, Azman Mohd Sharif, Sharifah Latif, Mohd Talib Aris, Ahmad Zaharin M. Zain, Sharifuddin Dominick, Dorrena Spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques : a case study in Malaysia. |
| title | Spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques : a case study in Malaysia. |
| title_full | Spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques : a case study in Malaysia. |
| title_fullStr | Spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques : a case study in Malaysia. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques : a case study in Malaysia. |
| title_short | Spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques : a case study in Malaysia. |
| title_sort | spatial and temporal air quality pattern recognition using environmetric techniques a case study in malaysia |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28939/1/Spatial%20and%20temporal%20air%20quality%20pattern%20recognition%20using%20environmetric%20techniques.pdf |
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