Impact of regional haze towards air quality in Malaysia: A review

MT Latif, M Othman, N Idris, L Juneng… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Haze is a common phenomenon afflicting Southeast Asia (SEA), including Malaysia, and
has occurred almost every year within the last few decades. Haze is associated with high …

Degradation of Southeast Asian tropical peatlands and integrated strategies for their better management and restoration

S Mishra, SE Page, AR Cobb, JSH Lee… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
About half of the world's tropical peatlands occur in Southeast (SE) Asia, where they serve
as a major carbon (C) sink. Nearly 80% of natural peatlands in this region have been …

Public health impacts of the severe haze in Equatorial Asia in September–October 2015: demonstration of a new framework for informing fire management strategies …

SN Koplitz, LJ Mickley, ME Marlier… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract In September–October 2015, El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole conditions
set the stage for massive fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), leading to …

Madden–Julian oscillation: Bridging weather and climate

C Zhang - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Madden–Julian oscillation exerts broad influences on global weather and climate as its
center of convection moves from the tropical Indian Ocean into the Pacific. Weather events …

Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: An initial review and analysis for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) …

JS Reid, EJ Hyer, RS Johnson, BN Holben… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Southeast Asia (SEA) hosts one of the most complex aerosol systems in the world, with
convoluted meteorological scales, sharp geographic and socioeconomic features, high …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of regional experiments on biomass burning aerosols and related pollutants in Southeast Asia: From BASE-ASIA and the Dongsha Experiment to …

NH Lin, SC Tsay, HB Maring, MC Yen, GR Sheu… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
By modulating the Earth-atmosphere energy, hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and
affecting regional-to-global weather and climate, biomass burning is recognized as one of …

Years of the maritime continent

K Yoneyama, C Zhang - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Years of the Maritime Continent (YMC) is a multiyear international program with
participants from over 15 countries. Its overarching goal is to expedite the progress toward …

Connecting Indonesian fires and drought with the type of El Niño and phase of the Indian Ocean dipole during 1979–2016

X Pan, M Chin, CM Ichoku… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study advances the previous understanding of the role of climate variability on
Indonesian fire activity, by considering (i) the presence of different types of El Niño and (ii) …

Variation of major air pollutants in different seasonal conditions in an urban environment in Malaysia

AAA Mohtar, MT Latif, NH Baharudin, F Ahamad… - Geoscience Letters, 2018 - Springer
Urban air quality has been deteriorating over time. Pollutant distribution levels in the urban
environment may be associated with anthropogenic sources and meteorological conditions …

Biomass burning aerosols and the low-visibility events in Southeast Asia

HH Lee, RZ Bar-Or, C Wang - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Fires including peatland burning in Southeast Asia have become a major concern to the
general public as well as governments in the region. This is because aerosols emitted from …