Uncertainty in real-world particulate matter emission measurements from a transportable heavy-duty vehicle emissions testing laboratory

Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 3--4, 1998, Pages 399-420

  Gautam, Mridul ^a   Miller, Eric S ^a   Ferguson, Donald H ^a   Lyons, Donald W ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions testing; Environmental pollution; Heavy vehicles; Particulate emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; PROBABILITY;

IN-USE PARTICULATE MATTER MEASUREMENTS; TRANSPORTABLE HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE EMISSIONS TESTING LABORATORIES;

TRUCKS;

EID: 0032309980     PISSN: 13517848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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