TY - GEN
T1 - Air quality in the Gulf of Aqaba - Results of a joint Jordanian-Israeli cooperative project
AU - Alsawair, Jihad
AU - Soleiman, Aiman
AU - Gertler, Alan
AU - Peleg, Mordechai
AU - Asaf, David
AU - Matveiv, Valeri
AU - Luria, Menachem
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The causes of air quality deterioration in the Red Sea near the resort areas of Eilat (Israel) and Aqaba (Jordan) were studied. Measurements at both sites included SO2, CO, NO/NOx, and O3) and meteorological parameters. Under the prevailing (-90% of the time) northerly wind flows, the quality of the air is relatively good for all primary pollutants but O3 was increased, indicating the regional transport of this secondary species from the Mediterranean coast. However, during days with southerly air flow, the air quality was significantly deteriorated with elevated levels of SO2 and NOx. Unregulated ship emissions from the intensive shipping in the gulf appeared to be the primary source of the pollution. NO3 radical levels were relatively high compare with other sites located in different regions of the world. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 102nd Air & Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition (Detroit, MI 6/16-19/2009).
AB - The causes of air quality deterioration in the Red Sea near the resort areas of Eilat (Israel) and Aqaba (Jordan) were studied. Measurements at both sites included SO2, CO, NO/NOx, and O3) and meteorological parameters. Under the prevailing (-90% of the time) northerly wind flows, the quality of the air is relatively good for all primary pollutants but O3 was increased, indicating the regional transport of this secondary species from the Mediterranean coast. However, during days with southerly air flow, the air quality was significantly deteriorated with elevated levels of SO2 and NOx. Unregulated ship emissions from the intensive shipping in the gulf appeared to be the primary source of the pollution. NO3 radical levels were relatively high compare with other sites located in different regions of the world. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 102nd Air & Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition (Detroit, MI 6/16-19/2009).
KW - Air quality
KW - Nitrate radical
KW - Ozone
KW - Pollutant transport
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AN - SCOPUS:77952261954
SN - 9781615676514
T3 - Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA
SP - 1026
EP - 1039
BT - 102nd Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition 2009
T2 - 102nd Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition 2009
Y2 - 16 June 2009 through 19 June 2009
ER -