Prediction of PM10 concentrations at urban traffic intersections using semi-empirical box modelling with instantaneous velocity and acceleration

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 6336-6342

  He, Hong di ^a   Lu, Wei Zhen ^a   Xue, Yu ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

PM10 concentration; Roadway; Semi empirical box model; Traffic intersection; Vehicle emission

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BOX HEIGHT; BOX MODELS; CAUSAL MODEL; DATA SETS; DRIVING PATTERN; GENERALIZED FORCE; HONG-KONG; MEASURED DATA; MODEL PERFORMANCE; OBSERVED DATA; RANDOM DISPERSIONS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SPEED-UPS; STREET CANYON; TIME SLOTS; TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS; TRAFFIC MODEL; URBAN TRAFFIC; VEHICLE EMISSION; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; INTERSECTIONS; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISPERSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WEATHER; WIND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 70749089610     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.09.027     Document Type: Article

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