An application and evaluation of the CAL3QHC model for predicting carbon monoxide concentrations from motor vehicles near a roadway intersection in Muscat, Oman

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 372-382

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

CAL3QHC; Carbon monoxide (CO); Motor vehicles; Road traffic; Roadway intersections; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; GROUND VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; STANDARDS; URBAN PLANNING;

RECEPTORS; ROADWAY INTERSECTIONS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; PREDICTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CAL3QHC MODEL; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; MOTOR VEHICLE; OMAN; PREDICTION; TRAFFIC; TREE; VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OMAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MASQAT; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 5344254657     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0146-2     Document Type: Article

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