Ions in motor vehicle exhaust and their dispersion near busy roads

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 3644-3650

  Jayaratne, E R ^a   Ling, X ^a   Morawska, L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charged particles; Cluster ions; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CURBS; NEGATIVE IONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WIND;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; CLUSTER IONS; HEAVY DUTY DIESEL VEHICLES; ION CONCENTRATIONS; MOLECULAR CLUSTER-IONS; TRAFFIC DENSITIES; URBAN BACKGROUND; VEHICLE EMISSION;

VEHICLES;

GASOLINE; ION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL ENGINE; DISPERSION; EXHAUST EMISSION; ION; MOTORWAY; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 77955515453     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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