Factors contributing to air pollution levels using factor analysis

The aims of this study is to determine the major factors and causes of air pollution levels within the four selected Malaysian air monitoring stations. The data were obtained from January 2008 to December 2012. The variables concerned are two meteorological factors (temperature and relative humidity...

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Main Author:	Asmarini, Mohamed
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Subjects:	Air > Pollution Statistics Air pollution > Analysis
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spelling	my-unimap-615212019-08-21T08:32:10Z Factors contributing to air pollution levels using factor analysis Asmarini, Mohamed Prof. Dr. Amran Ahmed The aims of this study is to determine the major factors and causes of air pollution levels within the four selected Malaysian air monitoring stations. The data were obtained from January 2008 to December 2012. The variables concerned are two meteorological factors (temperature and relative humidity) and four air pollutants (CO, PM10, O3 and NO2). The focus areas comprise of four different localities which are; Perai (S1- industrial), Shah Alam (S2-urban), Seberang Jaya (S3-suburban) and Jerantut (S4- control). Two statistical methods were selected to analyze the datasets which are descriptive statistical analysis and factor analysis. The descriptive statistical analysis showed that Perai recorded the highest concentrations of CO, O3 and NO2 while Seberang Jaya recorded the highest concentration of PM10. The results of the factor analysis showed that there were three factors at Perai, Shah Alam and Jerantut while two factors at Seberang Jaya. However, the combination of the components in each factors are different for every station. Nevertheless, it has a significant combination of the components at Perai where it can be categorized as an Organic Pollution Factor, Meteorological Factor and Fuel Factor. These results present a guideline to establish evaluations appropriate to pollution characteristics and classification systems for air quality monitoring stations in Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2015 Thesis en http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/61521 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/61521/1/Page%201-24.pdf 6ef87ef8dd6c77e74965c711c718e6fe http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/61521/2/Full%20text.pdf 376623c5e9e64041b08b3df69ceeedf4 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/61521/3/license.txt 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 Air -- Pollution Statistics Air pollution -- Analysis Institute of Engineering Mathematics
institution	Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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language	English
advisor	Prof. Dr. Amran Ahmed
topic	Air -- Pollution Statistics Air pollution -- Analysis
spellingShingle	Air -- Pollution Statistics Air pollution -- Analysis Asmarini, Mohamed Factors contributing to air pollution levels using factor analysis
description	The aims of this study is to determine the major factors and causes of air pollution levels within the four selected Malaysian air monitoring stations. The data were obtained from January 2008 to December 2012. The variables concerned are two meteorological factors (temperature and relative humidity) and four air pollutants (CO, PM10, O3 and NO2). The focus areas comprise of four different localities which are; Perai (S1- industrial), Shah Alam (S2-urban), Seberang Jaya (S3-suburban) and Jerantut (S4- control). Two statistical methods were selected to analyze the datasets which are descriptive statistical analysis and factor analysis. The descriptive statistical analysis showed that Perai recorded the highest concentrations of CO, O3 and NO2 while Seberang Jaya recorded the highest concentration of PM10. The results of the factor analysis showed that there were three factors at Perai, Shah Alam and Jerantut while two factors at Seberang Jaya. However, the combination of the components in each factors are different for every station. Nevertheless, it has a significant combination of the components at Perai where it can be categorized as an Organic Pollution Factor, Meteorological Factor and Fuel Factor. These results present a guideline to establish evaluations appropriate to pollution characteristics and classification systems for air quality monitoring stations in Malaysia.
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title	Factors contributing to air pollution levels using factor analysis
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granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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