Correlation analysis of noise and ultrafine particle counts in a street canyon

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 564-572

  Can, A ^a   Rademaker, M ^a   Van Renterghem, T ^a   Mishra, V ^b   Van Poppel, M ^b   Touhafi, A ^c   Theunis, J ^b   De Baets, B ^a   Botteldooren, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Correlations; Noise measurements; Street canyon; Traffic related pollution; Ultrafine particle counts; Urban monitoring sensor network

Indexed keywords

CORRELATIONS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC-RELATED; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE COUNTS; URBAN MONITORING;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; SENSOR NETWORKS;

MONITORING;

NITROGEN OXIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NOISE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; SENSOR; STREET CANYON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; MICROPHONE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOISE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 78649891535     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.037     Document Type: Article

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