Azhari, A., Abdul Halim, N. D., Othman, M., Latif, M. T., Juneng, L., Sofwan, N. M., Stocker, J., and Johnson, K. (2020). Highly spatially resolved emission inventory of selected air pollutants in Kuala Lumpur’s urban environment. Atmospheric Pollution Research.

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This study show that the total emissions for PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2 and NOx are 8234.4, 3991.7, 2589.3, 5168.8, and 56927 t/y respectively, where close to 99% of the total estimated emissions originated from road traffic sources. On average, Kuala Lumpur population emit 4.55, 2.21, 1.43, 2.86 and 31.5 kg/y/person of PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2 and NOx respectively which are in range with per capita emission of pollutants in other cities in the world such as Kolkata and Ho Chi Minh City. The spatial resolution of estimated emissions are mainly concentrated in the central grid cells of Kuala Lumpur and in good agreement with road pollution sources.