Distribution of vehicular pollutants in street canyons of Varanasi, India: A different case

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Prajapati, Santosh K ^a   Tripathi, B D ^a   Pathak, Vinita ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Leeward; Street canyons; Vehicular emissions; Windward

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DOMES; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; ROOFS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; LEEWARD; MINIMUM VALUES; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; STREET CANYONS; URBAN PLANNERS; VEHICULAR EMISSIONS; VEHICULAR EXHAUST EMISSIONS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WINDWARD;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN PLANNING; VENTILATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

EID: 58049151194     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0148-7     Document Type: Article

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