A web-based support system for estimating and visualizing the emissions of diesel transit buses

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 533-540

  Li, Jing Quan ^a   Zhang, Wei Bin ^a   Zhang, Liping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS data; Support system; Vehicle emissions; Vehicle specific power

Indexed keywords

BUSES; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GASES; VEHICLES; WEB CRAWLER; WEBSITES;

EMISSION ESTIMATION METHODOLOGIES; GPS DATA; HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES; SUPPORT SYSTEMS; USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE SPECIFIC POWER; WEB-BASED SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; GREENHOUSE GAS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 71249146341     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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