Operational Street Pollution Model (OSPM) - A review of performed application and validation studies, and future prospects

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-503

  Kakosimos, Konstantinos E ^a   Hertel, Ole ^b,c   Ketzel, Matthias ^b   Berkowicz, Ruwim ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

air pollution assessment; air quality; integrated air; modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78650610114     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN10070     Document Type: Article

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