Optimizing the use of on-street car parking system as a passive control of air pollution exposure in street canyons by large eddy simulation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1684-1694

  Gallagher, J ^a   Gill, L W ^a   McNabola, A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Car parking; LES; Passive controls; Street canyon

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; BAFFLE PLATE; CAR PARKING; HEALTH PROTECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; LES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCCUPANCY RATE; PARALLEL PARKING; PARKING SPACES; PASSIVE CONTROL; PASSIVE CONTROLS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT EXPOSURES; POLLUTANT LEVELS; STREET CANYON; TRACER GAS; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; URBAN STREET CANYON; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; GARAGES (PARKING); LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARKING; POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE; EDDY; OPTIMIZATION; PARKING; PEDESTRIAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STREET CANYON; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CAR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC; VELOCITY;

EID: 79951727635     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.059     Document Type: Article

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