Uncertainty in modelling PM10 and PM2.5 at a nonsignalized traffic roundabout

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-70

  Gokhale, Sharad ^a,b   Patil, Ravindra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air quality model; Monte carlo; Taylor series; Uncertainty; Vehicular pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751702496     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2010.009     Document Type: Article

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