2009 Southeast Asian haze
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The 2009 Southeast Asian haze was an episode of large scale air pollution primarily caused by slash and burn practices used to clear land for agricultural purposes in Sumatra, Indonesia. It affected the areas surrounding the Straits of Malacca which besides Indonesia include Malaysia and Singapore.
The haze began in early June 2009 and progressively became worse toward July. With a prevailing dry season caused by El Nino, burning and hence the haze was expected to continue until August or September when the monsoon season arrived.[1]
Malaysia
Air Pollution Index
Daily average API readings in June 2009 [1] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | George Town | Kuala Lumpur | Malacca Town | Johor Bahru | Kuantan | Kuching |
1 | Unavailable | 57 | 51 | 41 | 65 | 29 |
2 | 40 | 73 | 52 | 46 | 41 | 39 |
3 | 31 | 73 | 47 | 38 | 43 | 27 |
4 | 39 | 46 | 31 | 33 | 44 | 35 |
5 | 34 | 44 | 45 | 34 | 41 | 35 |
6 | 40 | 40 | 47 | 47 | 43 | 28 |
7 | 58 | 76 | 51 | 40 | 39 | 28 |
8 | 30 | 67 | 60 | 54 | 47 | 36 |
9 | 28 | 98 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 31 |
10 | 37 | 67 | 58 | 52 | 53 | 45 |
11 | 40 | 69 | 65 | 45 | 48 | 30 |
12 | 35 | 108 | 63 | 55 | 41 | 28 |
13 | 30 | 80 | 44 | 41 | 46 | 51 |
14 | 20 | 64 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 31 |
15 | 20 | 56 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 37 |
16 | 34 | 51 | 42 | 48 | 49 | 22 |
17 | 44 | 61 | 53 | 42 | 44 | 34 |
18 | 55 | 58 | 49 | 36 | 44 | 39 |
19 | 62 | 51 | 49 | 59 | 42 | 46 |
20 | 68 | 61 | 47 | 41 | 42 | 36 |
0-50 Good 51-100 Moderate 101-200 Unhealthy 201-300 Very unhealthy 301- Hazardous
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
See also
Categories:
- EngvarB from April 2016
- Use dmy dates from April 2016
- Southeast Asian haze
- 2009 in Southeast Asia
- 2009 natural disasters
- 2009 in Indonesia
- 2009 in Malaysia
- 2009 in Singapore
- 2009 in Thailand
- 2009 in the environment
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- Environment of Indonesia
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- Environment of Singapore
- Environment of Thailand
- Environmental disasters in Asia
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- Health disasters in Malaysia
- Health in Singapore
- Health in Thailand