STEMS-Air: A simple GIS-based air pollution dispersion model for city-wide exposure assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2419-2429

  Gulliver, John ^a   Briggs, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dispersion modelling; Exposure; GIS; Particulates; PM10

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION MODELLING; EXPOSURE; GIS; PARTICULATES; PM10;

AIR QUALITY; DISPERSIONS; HEALTH RISKS; PLANNING; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955037990     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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