From traffic flow simulations to pollutant concentrations in street canyons and backyards

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Mensink, Clemens ^a   Cosemans, Guido ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air quality; Gaussian modelling; IFDM; NO2; OSPM; PM10; PM2.5; Road transport emissions; Street canyons

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND VEHICLES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS;

GAUSSIAN MODELLING; ROAD TRANSPORT EMISSIONS; STREET CANYONS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOFTWARE; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EAST FLANDERS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GHENT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348959597     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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