Impact of road traffic emissions on air quality of the Lisbon region

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 27, 2000, Pages 4683-4690

  Borrego, C ^a   Tchepel, O ^a   Barros, N ^a   Miranda, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Emission inventory; Lisbon; Photochemical modelling; Portugal; Traffic emission

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; VEHICLES;

PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXHAUST GAS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0034258046     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00301-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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