Impacts of noise barriers on near-road air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 7502-7507

  Baldauf, R ^a,b   Thoma, E ^a   Khlystov, A ^c   Isakov, V ^d   Bowker, G ^d   Long, T ^e   Snow, R ^e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ARCADIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Motor vehicle emissions; Near road; Noise barriers; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LEAD; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; POWDER METALLURGY; VEGETATION;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CARBON MONOXIDE (CO); FIELD STUDIES; MATURE TREES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS; NEAR-ROAD; NOISE BARRIERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; WIND CONDITIONS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROAD; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FIELD STUDY; HIGHWAY; METEOROLOGY; NOISE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; TREE; VEGETATION; WIND;

EID: 52949121017     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.051     Document Type: Article

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