Real-time measurements of nitrogen oxide emissions from in-use New York City transit buses using a chase vehicle

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7991-8000

  Shorter, Joanne H ^a   Herndon, Scott ^a   Zahniser, Mark S ^a   Nelson, David D ^a   Wormhoudt, Joda ^a   Demerjian, Kenneth L ^b   Kolb, Charles E ^a  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BUS TRANSPORTATION; DIESEL ENGINES; FUEL SYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; NATURAL GAS; SAMPLING;

EMISSION REGULATIONS; MASS TRANSIT; PARTICULATES; REAL-TIME INSTRUMENTS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITROGEN OXIDE;

NITROGEN OXIDES; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUSLY REGENERATING TECHNOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER; MEASUREMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TUNABLE INFRARED LASER DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

FOSSIL FUELS; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26944471122     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048295u     Document Type: Article

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