Modelling air quality in street canyons: A review

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-182

  Vardoulakis, Sotiris ^a,c   Fisher, Bernard E A ^b   Pericleous, Koulis ^a   Gonzalez Flesca, Norbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Small scale dispersion models; Traffic emissions; Urban canyon

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

STREET CANYONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EXHAUST EMISSION; MODELING; STREET CANYON;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 2242483771     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00857-9     Document Type: Article

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