Measuring toxic emissions from landfills using sequential screening

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-284

  Emerson, Charles W ^a   Rajagopal, R ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Landfill; Screening; Stochastic simulation; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SEQUENTIAL SCREENING; SPATIAL SAMPLING;

LAND FILL;

EMISSION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LANDFILL; STOCHASTICITY; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE FACILITY;

EID: 1642349499     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(03)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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