The impact of reducing the maximum speed limit on motorways in Switzerland to 80 km h-1 on emissions and peak ozone

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-332

  Keller, Johannes ^a   Andreani Aksoyoglu, Sebnem ^a   Tinguely, Michel ^a   Flemming, Johannes ^b   Heldstab, Juerg ^c   Keller, Mario ^c   Zbinden, Rene ^d   Prevot, Andre S H ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

^c INFRAS Research and Consulting   (Switzerland)

^d Schweizerische Bundesbahnen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emissions; Heat wave summer 2003; Mitigation policy; Ozone; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HEAT WAVE SUMMER 2003; MITIGATION POLICY; ROAD TRAFFIC;

SPEED CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; EMISSION; MITIGATION; MOTORWAY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 35349020100     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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