Spatial distribution of traffic-related pollutant concentrations in street canyons

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3213-3224

  Xie, Shaodong ^a   Zhang, Yuanhang ^a   Qi, Li ^a   Tang, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality; Diurnal variation; Street canyon; Traffic emission; Wind vortex

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SAMPLING; WIND;

STREET CANYON;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREET CANYON; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; WIND;

CHINA; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 0038383549     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00321-2     Document Type: Article

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