On-road vehicle emission and activity data collection and evaluation in Houston, Texas

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1941, 2005, Pages 60-71

  Qiao, Fengxiang ^a   Yu, Lei ^a   Vojtisek Lom, Michal ^b  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clean Air Technologies International Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DATA PROCESSING; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

IDLING TESTS; ON ROAD EMISSION; VEHICLE ACTIVITY DATA; VEHICLE EMISSION;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33646402627     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1941-08     Document Type: Conference Paper

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