Air quality effects of using reformulated and oxygenated gasoline fuel blends: Application to the Strasbourg area (F)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1757-1774

  Vinuesa, J F ^a,b   Mirabel, Ph ^a   Ponche, J L ^a  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air quality management; Emission scenarios; ETBE; Mesoscale modeling; Reformulated and oxygenated fuels

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ETHERS; GASOLINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE;

OXYGENATED GASOLINE FUELS;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; FUEL; GASOLINE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; LABORATORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIZATION; OXYGENATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA;

ALSACE; FRANCE; STRASBOURG;

EID: 0037374735     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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