Assessment of the impact of the vehicular traffic on BTEX concentration in ring roads in urban areas of Bari (Italy)

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-311

  Caselli, Maurizio ^a   de Gennaro, Gianluigi ^a   Marzocca, Annalisa ^a   Trizio, Livia ^a   Tutino, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

BTEX; Diffusive samplers; High resolution monitoring; Vehicular traffic source

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BTEX; CONCENTRATION PATTERNS; DIFFUSIVE SAMPLERS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MONITORING; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BTEX; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ITALY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTOR VEHICLE; RADIOACTIVITY; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WIND;

BARI [PUGLIA]; ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 77956955623     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.07.033     Document Type: Article

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