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ArticleEarth systems and environment2021

Air Quality Over Major Cities of Saudi Arabia During Hajj Periods of 2019 and 2020.

Ashraf Farahat, Akshansha Chauhan, Mohammed Al Otaibi, Ramesh P Singh

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Article in Earth systems and environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ashraf FarahatDepartment of Physics, College of General Studies, King Fahd University of Petroleum, and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261 Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0022-5782
Akshansha ChauhanCenter for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Mohammed Al OtaibiHealth, Safety, Security and Environment Excellence Section, Industrial Security and Responsibility Care Department, Sahara International Petrochemical Company, SIPCHEM, Jubail Industrial City, 31961 Saudi Arabia.
Ramesh P SinghSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866 USA.
Chapman University · USJubail Industrial College · SAKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals · SANational Central University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mecca and Madinah are two holy cities where millions of people in general, visit throughout the years, during Hajj (Muslim's pilgrimage) time number of people visit these holy cities from different parts of the world is very high. However, the Government of Saudi Arabia only allowed 1000 pilgrims during the 2020 Hajj especially when the world is suffering from COVID-19. In the present paper, a detailed analysis of air quality parameters available from ground measurements have been carried over major cities of Saudi Arabia, Mecca, Madinah, and Jeddah from June to September 2019 and 2020. At Mecca and Jeddah, PM

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Air qualityCOVID-19Hajj 2020LockdownSaudi Arabia

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PMID34723078
PMCPMC7852470
OpenAlexW3128778280

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