Modelling the fate of ultrafine particles from exhaust pipe to rural background: An analysis of time scales for dilution, coagulation and deposition

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2639-2652

  Ketzel, Matthias ^a,b   Berkowicz, Ruwim ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol modelling; Nanoparticles; Particle size distribution; Traffic source

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; CONDENSATION; DEPOSITION; EXHAUST GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PIPE; VEHICLES;

KERBSIDE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES; URBAN; VEHICLE EXHAUST PIPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; COAGULATION; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DILUTION; EVOLUTION; EXHAUST GAS; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TIME; URBAN AREA;

EID: 1942478276     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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