On-road measurement of vehicle tailpipe emissions using a portable instrument

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 992-1002

  Frey, H Christopher ^a   Unal, Alper ^a   Rouphail, Nagui M ^a   Colyar, James D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; ETHANOL; GAS EMISSIONS; GROUND VEHICLES; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

VEHICLE TAILPIPE EMISSIONS;

GASOLINE;

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACCELERATION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRIVER; EXHAUST GAS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; TUBE;

EID: 0042123783     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2003.10466245     Document Type: Article

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