Outdoor air pollution in close proximity to a continuous point source

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3155-3167

  Klepeis, Neil E ^a   Gabel, Etienne B ^a   Ott, Wayne R ^a   Switzer, Paul ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide tracer gas; Controlled source; Exposure; Outdoor proximity effect; Real time monitoring; Regression modeling; Secondhand tobacco smoke; Wind

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED SOURCE; EXPOSURE; OUTDOOR PROXIMITY EFFECT; REAL-TIME MONITORING; REGRESSION MODELING; SECONDHAND TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HUMIDITY CONTROL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SPEED; TOBACCO;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REAL TIME; REGRESSION; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TRACE GAS; WIND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 67349171603     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.03.056     Document Type: Article

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