Ammonium nitrate explosion at the main port in Beirut (Lebanon) and air pollution: an analysis of the spatiotemporal distribution of nitrogen dioxide.

Air pollution Ammonium nitrate Beirut explosion Nitrogen dioxide Sentinel-5P data

Journal

Euro-Mediterranean journal for environmental integration
ISSN: 2365-7448
Titre abrégé: EuroMediterr J Environ Integr
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101766402

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 03 05 2021
accepted: 04 02 2022
pubmed: 8 3 2022
medline: 8 3 2022
entrez: 7 3 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

An explosion of the ammonium nitrate (AN) stored at Beirut Port devastated the city on Tuesday 4 August 2020. Such an explosion produces pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NO

Identifiants

pubmed: 35252547
doi: 10.1007/s41207-022-00296-5
pii: 296
pmc: PMC8881550
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

21-27

Informations de copyright

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Tarig Ali (T)

Department of Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Mohamed Abouleish (M)

Department Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Rahul Gawai (R)

GIS and Mapping Lab, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Nasser Hamdan (N)

Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Ahmed Elaksher (A)

College of Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM USA.

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