Browsing by Author "Azizan Abu Samah"

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    Marine debris in Malaysia: A review on the pollution intensity and mitigating measures
    (Elsevier, 2021) Shahul Hamid Fauziah; Mohammed Rizman-Idid; Wee Cheah; Kar-Hoe Loh; Sahadev Sharma; NoorMaiza M.R; Michael Bordt; Teerapong Praphotjanaporn; Azizan Abu Samah; Johan Shamsuddin bin Sabaruddin; Mary George
    The launch of Roadmap towards Zero Single-use Plastics in 2018 demands baseline data on the management of marine debris in Malaysia. In 2021, Malaysia is placed 28th top plastic polluter in the world with plastic consumption at 56 kg/capita/year, therefore data on mismanaged plastic is imperative. This paper reviews the abundance and distribution of marine debris in selected Malaysian beaches over the last decade (2010-2020) and discusses issue on its management.
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    Organic composition of aerosol particulate matter during a haze episode in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    (Elsevier, 2004) M. Radzi Bin Abas; Noorsaadah A. Rahman; Nasr Yousef M.J. Omar; M. Jamil Maah; Azizan Abu Samah; Daniel R. Oros; Angelika Otto; Bernd R.T. Simoneitc
    The solvent-extractable compounds of urban airborne particulate matter were analyzed to determine the distributions of homologous and biomarker tracers. Samples were collected by high-volume air filtration during the haze episode of 1997 around the University of Malaya campus near Petaling Jaya, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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    The effects of synoptic and local meteorological condition on CO2, CH4, PM10 and PM2.5 at Bachok Marine Research Station (BMRS) in Peninsular Malaysia
    (Springer, 2020) Noraini Mohyeddin; Azizan Abu Samah; Sheeba Nettukandy Chenoli; Matthew J. Ashfold; Mohammed Iqbal Mead; David Oram; Mohd Talib Latif; Sivaprasad P.; Mohd Fadzil Firdzaus Mohd Nor
    This study is focused on Bachok Marine Research Station (BMRS) which is exposed to different scales of meteorological condition during the northeast (NE) and southwest (SW) monsoons. BMRS experiences both synoptic and land–sea breeze events during the NE monsoon, but only the land-sea breezes are dominant during the SW monsoon. Two case studies were investigated in which the first case study (CS1) was conducted from 25 to 27 January 2016 while the second one (CS2) from 3 to 5 June 2016.
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    Wavelet-based time series model to improve the forecast accuracy of PM10 concentrations in Peninsular Malaysia
    (Elsevier, 2015) Doreena Dominick; Mohd Talib Latif; Liew Juneng; Md Firoz Khan; Norhaniza Amil; Mohammed Iqbal Mead; Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir; Phang Siew Moi; Azizan Abu Samah; Matthew J. Ashfold; William T. Sturges; Neil R.P. Harris; Andrew D. Robinson; John A. Pyle
    Particle mass concentrations (PM10, PM2.5 and PM1) and particle number concentration ((PNC); 0.27 μm ≤ Dp ≤ 34.00 μm) were measured in the tropical coastal environment of Bachok, Kelantan on the Malaysian Peninsula bordering the southern edge of the South China Sea. Statistical methods were applied on a three-month hourly data set (9th January to 24th March 2014) to study the influence of north-easterly winds on the patterns of particle mass and PNC size distributions.