ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Relationship between Daily Maximum
Temperature and Daily Maximum Ground Level
Ozone Concentration
Ahmad Makmom Abdullah1, Marzuki Ismail2, Fong Si Yuen2,
Samsuri Abdullah2, Rasheida E. Elhadi1
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1Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor
2School of Marine Science and Environment, University Malaysia Terengganu,
21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.
Submission date: 2016-07-12
Final revision date: 2016-09-11
Acceptance date: 2016-09-26
Online publication date: 2017-03-22
Publication date: 2017-03-22
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2017;26(2):517-523
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Ground-level ozone is one of the dominant criteria pollutants that contribute to unhealthy days in
ambient air measurements throughout Malaysia. In addition to VOCs and NOx, meteorological factors
such as insolation and temperature influence the formation of ground-level ozone. For this reason,
the relationship between daily maximum temperature and variation of ground-level ozone concentrations
using 10 years of data (2000-10, excluding 2008) was scrutinized statistically at two stations
representing urban and industrial areas in Terengganu State, Malaysia. We found that there is a positive
linear correlation between maximum daily temperature and maximum daily ozone concentration with
correlation coefficients of 0.684 and 0.605 for urban and industrial areas, respectively. Nevertheless, the
long-term variation of daily maximum temperature and daily maximum ozone concentration for these two
stations shows that the levels were higher in the industrial rather than the urban area. The results indicate
that surrounding activities and temperature play vital roles in influencing ground-level ozone concentrations
in Terengganu. Furthermore, ozone concentrations are highest for air masses characterized by dry, warm
conditions during the southwest monsoon and are usually associated with the generation of haze episodes
in the Malaysian Peninsula.