Fingerprinting urban kerbside carbon monoxide concentrations: Interaction between street grid configuration, vehicle flows and local wind effects

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 20, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 60-70

  Penn, Alan ^a   Croxford, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; CO concentration; Kerbside; Street pattern

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; WIND EFFECTS;

KERBSIDE; STREET GRID CONFIGURATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0032293620     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijvd.1998.001835     Document Type: Article

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