Air pollutant concentrations near three Texas roadways, Part I: Ultrafine particles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 4513-4522

  Zhu, Yifang ^a   Pudota, Jayanth ^a   Collins, Donald ^b   Allen, David ^c   Clements, Andrea ^d   DenBleyker, Allison ^c   Fraser, Matt ^d,e   Jia, Yuling ^d   McDonald Buller, Elena ^c   Michel, Edward ^c  

^a Texas AandM University Kingsville   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exponential decay; Near roadway; Ultrafine particles; Vehicular emissions

Indexed keywords

[CARBONYL; AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CARBON CONTENT; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DECAY CHARACTERISTICS; DECAY RATE; EXPONENTIAL DECAY; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; GASPHASE; HEAVY-DUTY TRAFFIC; MONITORING PLATFORM; NEAR ROADWAY; ORGANICS; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE PHASE; PASSENGER VEHICLES; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SAMPLE LOCATION; SAMPLING LOCATION; SAMPLING PERIOD; SAMPLING POINTS; SIZE RANGES; STATE HIGHWAYS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; TRUCK TRAFFIC; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES; VEHICULAR EMISSIONS; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECAY (ORGANIC); HIGHWAY PLANNING; LOCATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROADS AND STREETS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL COMPOUND; MOTORWAY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; WIND;

AUSTIN; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949113864     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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