Assessing the representativeness of monitoring data from an urban intersection site in central London, UK

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 661-674

  Scaperdas, A ^a   Colvile, R N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality assessment; Air quality monitoring; Dispersion modelling; Intersections; Urban canyons

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MONITORING;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; GAS EMISSIONS; INTERSECTIONS; URBAN PLANNING; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CARBON MONOXIDE; MONITORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; WIND FIELD;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033081038     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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