Development and evaluation of SBLINE, a suite of models for the prediction of pollution concentrations from vehicles in urban areas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 1996, Pages 311-320

  Namdeo, A K ^a   Colls, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dispersion modelling; emission factors; urban air pollution; vehicles

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0029746654     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05224-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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