Spatio-temporal covariation of urban particle number concentration and ambient noise

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 5518-5525

  Weber, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Micrometeorology; Noise; Particle number; Turbulence; Urban aerosol

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; CANOPY LAYER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIATION; GERMANY; INITIAL VALUES; MAIN ROADS; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PARTICLE EMISSIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; ROAD TRAFFIC; SOUND LEVEL; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STUDY AREAS; TRAFFIC INTENSITY; TURBULENT MIXING; URBAN AEROSOLS; URBAN PARTICLES; WIND DIRECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METEOROLOGY; TURBULENCE;

ROADS AND STREETS;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT NOISE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; COUPLING; MICROMETEOROLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TRAFFIC; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ESSEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 70949084611     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.055     Document Type: Article

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