Spatial distribution of diesel transit bus emissions and urban populations: Implications of coincidence and scale on exposure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 7163-7168

  Gouge, Brian ^a   Ries, Francis J ^a   Dowlatabadi, Hadi ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS RAPID TRANSIT; BUS STOP; CO AND NO; EMISSIONS MODELING; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HC EMISSIONS; HOT SPOT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MACRO SCALE; MICRO-SCALES; MOBILE SOURCE EMISSIONS; MODELING APPROACH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL EMISSIONS; TRANSIT BUS; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE ACTIVITY;

BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

RAPID TRANSIT;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL FUEL; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN OXIDE;

BUS TRANSPORT; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POPULATION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOTOR VEHICLE; URBAN POPULATION;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASOLINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 77956551588     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101391r     Document Type: Article

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