Assessment of vehicular pollution in Kolkata, India, using CALINE 4 model

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 33-43

  Majumdar, Baijayanta Kumar ^d   Dutta, Amit ^b   Chakrabarty, Shibnath ^c   Ray, Subhabrata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Automobile pollution; CALINE 4; Carbon monoxide; Kolkata; Line source model

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BASE MODELS; CALINE 4; CORRECTION FACTORS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; KOLKATA; LINE SOURCE MODELS; MEAN ERRORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; VALIDATED RESULTS;

AIR QUALITY; POLLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WAKES;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXHAUST GAS; INDIA; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CALCUTTA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 77957668756     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1212-2     Document Type: Article

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