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    El Niño driven haze over the Southern Malaysian Peninsula and Borneo
    (Elsevier, 2020) Md Firoz Khan; Ahmad Hazuwan Hamid; Haasyimah Ab Rahim; Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud; Mohd Talib Latif; Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir; Mazrura Sahani; Kai Qin; Prashant Kumar; Helena Varkkey; Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque; Ng Chee Guan; Seyedeh Parisa Ahmadi; Sumiani Yusoff
    The Southeast Asian (SEA) region is no stranger to forest fires - the region has been suffering from severe air pollution (known locally as "haze") as a result of these fires, for decades. The fires in SEA region are caused by a combination of natural (the El Niño weather pattern) and manmade (slash-and-burn and land clearing for plantations) factors. These fires cause the emissions of toxic aerosols and pollutants that can affect millions of people in the region. Thus, this study aims to identify the impact of the SEA haze on the Southern region of the Malaysian Peninsula and Borneo region of East Malaysia using the entire air quality observation data at surface level in 2015.