Local and regional sources of C2-C8 hydrocarbon concentrations at a sub-urban motorway site (M4) in Ireland

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 13-29

  O'Donoghue, R T ^a   Broderick, B M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air quality; Back trajectory analysis; CALINE 4; Dispersion modelling; Hydrocarbon ratio; Road traffic emission

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; BACK-TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CALINE 4; DIFFERENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; DISPERSION MODELLING; HYDROCARBON EMISSION; IRELAND; LOCAL SOURCE; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; ROAD TRAFFIC EMISSION; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SOURCE EFFECTS; URBAN MOTORWAY;

AIR QUALITY; DISPERSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; ROADS AND STREETS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACETYLENE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBON; META XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PROPYLENE;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; DISPERSION; HYDROCARBON; MOTORWAY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; IRELAND; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; IRELAND; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68149179471     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0414-3     Document Type: Article

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