A field study of factors influencing the concentrations of a traffic-related pollutant in the vicinity of a complex urban junction

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 5027-5037

  Tomlin, A S ^a   Smalley, R J ^a   Tate, J E ^a   Barlow, J F ^b   Belcher, S E ^b   Arnold, S J ^b   Dobre, A ^b   Robins, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DAPPLE field campaign; Dispersion; Intersection; Street canyon; Traffic pollution; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND WINDS; CARBON MONOXIDE CONCENTRATION; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DAPPLE FIELD CAMPAIGN; DISPERSION MECHANISMS; FIELD STUDIES; HELICAL FLOWS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HOT SPOT; LOCAL TURBULENCE; MEAN-WINDS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; RECIRCULATIONS; SHORT DISTANCES; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STREET CANYON; SYNOPTIC WINDS; TOP FLOW; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC POLLUTION; TRAFFIC-RELATED; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; URBAN GEOMETRY; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; LOCATION; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; ROOFS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; TURBULENCE;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; DISPERSION; STREET CANYON; TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIELD STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; TURBULENT FLOW; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 69649099810     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.047     Document Type: Article

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