A study of the horizontal and vertical profile of submicrometer particles in relation to a busy road

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1261-1274

  Morawska, Lidia ^a   Thomas, Stephen ^a   Gilbert, Dale ^b   Greenaway, Chris ^b   Rijnders, Esther ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Built Environment Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Horizontal and vertical profiles; Particle size distribution; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZERS (SMPS);

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; ROADS AND STREETS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033120640     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00266-0     Document Type: Article

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