A theoretical framework for the episodic-urban air quality management plan (e-UAQMP)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 7887-7894

  Gokhale, Sharad ^a   Khare, Mukesh ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Air quality management plan; Episodic events; Pollutant extreme concentrations; Probabilistic approach; Traffic intersections

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN; EPISODIC EVENTS; POLLUTANT EXTREME CONCENTRATIONS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACH; TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PLANNING METHOD; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION CONTROL; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXHAUST GAS; INDIA; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35649019772     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.061     Document Type: Article

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