Responding to sudden pollutant releases in office buildings: 1. Framework and analysis tools

Indoor Air

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-276

  Sohn, M D ^a   Sextro, R G ^a   Gadgil, A J ^a   Daisey, J M ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

COMIS; Decision analysis; Modeling; Quantile coefficient of variation; Simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FLOORS; FORECASTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; COMIS; CONDITION; MODELING; POLLUTANTS RELEASE; POLLUTANTS TRANSPORT; QUANTILE COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; SIMULATION; SIMULATION-MODELLING; UNCERTAINTY;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; TAXONOMY; AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DISASTER PLANNING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DISASTER PLANNING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0141906915     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0668.2003.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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