Impact of altitude on emission rates of ozone precursors from gasoline-driven light-duty commercial vehicles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1413-1417

  Nagpure, A S ^a   Gurjar, B R ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Altitude; IVE model; Ozone; Temperature; Vehicle emission rates

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ALTITUDE; BASIC EQUATIONS; CO EMISSIONS; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; EMISSION RATES; HIGH ALTITUDE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN HEALTH; IVE MODEL; LIGHT-DUTY; OXYGEN LEVELS; OZONE PRECURSORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE EMISSION RATES;

AIR QUALITY; GASOLINE; HEALTH; OZONE; POLLUTION; TAXICABS; TROPOSPHERE; TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; GASOLINE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TROPOSPHERE; VEGETATION COVER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEALTH STATUS; LIGHT DUTY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE; METEOROLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

DEHRADUN; DELHI; INDIA; MUSSOORIE; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 79251624720     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.026     Document Type: Article

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