Estimation of daily traffic emissions in a South-European urban agglomeration during a workday. Evaluation of several "what if" scenarios

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 480-490

  Kassomenos, Pavlos ^a   Karakitsios, Spyros ^a   Papaloukas, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; ANN; Athens; COPERT methodology; Traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

ATHENS; COPERT METHODOLOGY; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; URBAN PLANNING;

GAS EMISSIONS;

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENT; EXHAUST GAS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749500416     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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