Traffic flow pattern and meteorology at two distinct urban junctions with impacts on air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1830-1840

  Gokhale, Sharad ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Pollutant emission; Pollution episode; Traffic flow; Traffic junction; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

POLLUTANT EMISSION; POLLUTION EPISODE; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC JUNCTION; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; FLEET OPERATIONS; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; DISPERSION; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY;

EID: 79952439645     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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