Research Article

Morphological and Chemical Properties of Particulate Matter in the Dammam Metropolitan Region: Dhahran, Khobar, and Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Information on the sampling areas in Dhahran, Khobar, and Dammam.

Sampling pointAreaGeographical positionAltitude

Location 1:
City of Dhahran
King Fahd University campus (main university road)
Light traffic
50°8′24.5904′′E
26°18′36.54′′N
85.66 m

Location 2:
City of Dhahran
King Fahd University campus
Academic area
50°8′35.7144′′E
26°18′31.6584′′N
79.23 m

Location 3:
City of Dhahran
King Fahd University campus (students’ housing)
Residential area
50°8′35.9448′′E
26°18′39.5856′′N
64.4 m

Location 1:
City of Khobar
Thuqba Cemetery (high populated residential area)50°11′36.41′′E
26°15′35.59′′N
15.02 m

Location 2:
City of Khobar
Khobar traffic police
(high traffic)
50°11′42.12′′E
26°16′48.06′′N
19.01 m

Location 3:
City of Khobar
Near Al-Farouq Mosque (high residential and shopping area)50°11′37.85′′E
26°16′3.07′′N
18.0 m

Location 1:
City of Dammam
High populated (residential area)50°5′41.44′′E
26°26′2.70′′N
9.6 m

Location 2:
City of Dammam
High populated (residential area)50°5′16.74′′E
26°25′51.04′′N
10.0 m

Location 3:
City of Dammam
Near Imam Hussein Mosque (high traffic)50°4′21.68′′E
26°26′46.60′′N
5.0 m