Cost analysis of impacts of climate change on regional air quality

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Liao, Kuo Jen ^a   Tagaris, Efthimios ^a   Russell, Armistead G ^a   Amar, Praveen ^b   He, Shan ^b   Manomaiphiboon, Kasemsan ^c   Woo, Jung Hun ^d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management   (United States)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE MODELS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; COST REDUCTION; EMISSION CONTROL; OZONE; QUALITY CONTROL;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; EMISSION INVENTORIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY MODELING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77749296053     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.2.195     Document Type: Article

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