A tool for determining urban emission characteristics to be used in exposure assessment

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-289

  Kassomenos, P ^a   Lykoudis, S ^b   Chaloulakou, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Emission reduction; Exceedances; Exposure assessment; Probability distribution function

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EMISSION CONTROL; POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGY; EXCEEDANCES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; STATISTICAL PROBABILITY;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; INVERSE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GREECE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN AREA;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 76349123598     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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