Modeling the impacts of traffic emissions on air toxics concentrations near roadways

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3191-3199

  Venkatram, Akula ^a   Isakov, Vlad ^b   Seila, Robert ^b   Baldauf, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 Butadiene; Air quality; Air toxics; Benzene; Dispersion modeling; Mobile sources; Roadways; Toluene

Indexed keywords

1,3-BUTADIENE; AIR TOXICS; DISPERSION MODELING; MOBILE SOURCES; ROADWAYS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BENZENE; BUTADIENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MOBILE POWER PLANTS; ROADS AND STREETS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

1,3 BUTADIENE; BENZENE; TOLUENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; GOVERNMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; RALEIGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649118257     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.03.046     Document Type: Article

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