Said Munir

Dr. Said Munir

The University of Sheffield, Sheffield (UK)
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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 January 2019 in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
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Said MunirSaid Munir
Said Munir
MMMartin Mayfield
Martin Mayfield
DCDaniel Coca
Daniel Coca
SJStephen A. Jubb
Stephen A. Jubb
OOOgo Osammor
Ogo Osammor
Traditional real-time air quality monitoring instruments are expensive to install and maintain; therefore, such existing air quality monitoring networks are sparsely deployed and lack the measurement density to develop high-resolution spatiotemporal air pollutant maps. More recently, low-cost sensors have been used to collect high-resolution spatial and temporal air pollution data in real-time. In this paper, for the first time, Envirowatch E-MOTEs are employed for air quality monitoring as a case study in Sheffield. Ten E-MOTEs were deployed for a year (October 2016 to September 2017) monitoring several air pollutants (NO, NO2, CO) and meteorological parameters. Their performance was compared to each other and to a reference instrument installed nearby. E-MOTEs were able to successfully capture the temporal variability such as diurnal, weekly and annual cycles in air pollutant concentrations and demonstrated significant similarity with reference instruments. NO2 concentrations showed very strong positive correlation between various sensors. Mostly, correlation coefficients (r values) were greater than 0.92. CO from different sensors also had r values mostly greater than 0.92; however, NO showed r value less than 0.5. Furthermore, several multiple linear regression models (MLRM) and generalised additive models (GAM) were developed to calibrate the E-MOTE data and reproduce NO and NO2 concentrations measured by the reference instruments. GAMs demonstrated significantly better performance than linear models by capturing the non-linear association between the response and explanatory variables. The best GAM developed for reproducing NO2 concentrations returned values of 0.95, 3.91, 0.81, 0.005 and 0.61 for factor of two (FAC2), root mean square error (RMSE), coefficient of determination (R2), normalised mean biased (NMB) and coefficient of efficiency (COE), respectively. The low-cost sensors offer a more affordable alternative for providing real-time high-resolution spatiotemporal air quality and meteorological parameter data with acceptable performance.

1 January 2017 in Aerosol and Air Quality Research
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Said MunirSaid Munir
Said Munir
Turki Mohammed HabeebullahTurki Mohammed Habeebullah
Turki Mohammed Habeebullah
AMAtef Mohamed Fathy Mohammed
Atef Mohamed Fathy Mohammed
EMEssam A. Morsy
Essam A. Morsy
Mohammad RehanMohammad Rehan
Mohammad Rehan
KAKawsar Ali
Kawsar Ali

1 January 2014 in Aerosol and Air Quality Research
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ASArwa S. Sayegh
Arwa S. Sayegh
Said MunirSaid Munir
Said Munir
Turki Mohammed HabeebullahTurki Mohammed Habeebullah
Turki Mohammed Habeebullah

1 January 2017 in Aerosol and Air Quality Research
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Said MunirSaid Munir
Said Munir

1 January 2013 in Aerosol and Air Quality Research
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Said MunirSaid Munir
Said Munir
Turki Mohammed HabeebullahTurki Mohammed Habeebullah
Turki Mohammed Habeebullah
ASAbdulaziz R. Seroji
Abdulaziz R. Seroji
EMEssam A. Morsy
Essam A. Morsy
AMAtef Mohamed Fathy Mohammed
Atef Mohamed Fathy Mohammed
AAAbdul Hamid Awad
Abdul Hamid Awad

1 October 2013 in Atmospheric Environment
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Said MunirSaid Munir
Said Munir
Turki Mohammed HabeebullahTurki Mohammed Habeebullah
Turki Mohammed Habeebullah
ASAbdulaziz R. Seroji
Abdulaziz R. Seroji
SGSafwat S. Gabr
Safwat S. Gabr
AMAtif M.F. Mohammed
Atif M.F. Mohammed
EMEssam A. Morsy
Essam A. Morsy