Odour regulation in Germany - An improved system including odour intensity, hedonic tone and odour annoyance

VDI Berichte

Volumn , Issue 1850, 2004, Pages

  Both, Ralf ^a,b   Koch, Eckehard ^a  

^a Landesumweltamt NRW ^*

^b Landesumweltamt NRW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Guideline on Odour in Ambient Air; Immission limit values; Odour frequency; Odour impact; Odour regulation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INSTALLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

GUIDELINE ON ODOR IN AMBIENT AIR; IMMISSION LIMIT VALUES; ODOR FREQUENCY; ODOR IMPACT; ODOR REGULATIONS;

ODORS;

EID: 19744375480     PISSN: 00835560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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