A methodology to estimate benzene concentrations in a town through a traffic model

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 347, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 272-281

  Kassomenos, Pavlos A ^a   Karakitsios, Spyros P ^a   Pilidis, Georgios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benzene; Traffic modeling; Urban air quality; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS EMISSIONS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

BENZENE CONCENTRATION; EMISSION RATE; TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS; TRAFFIC DENSITY;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

BENZENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; MODEL; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; VALIDATION PROCESS; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

EID: 23444457949     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.12.056     Document Type: Article

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