The dispersion of traffic related pollutants across a non-homogeneous street canyon

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 25-34

  Karra, Styliani ^a   Malki Epshtein, Liora ^a   Neophytou, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dispersion; Field measurements; Street canyon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DISPERSION (WAVES); LOCATION; POLLUTION;

BACKGROUND WINDS; CO CONCENTRATIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION LEVEL; STREET CANYON; STREET GEOMETRIES; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC-RELATED POLLUTANTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 79955436816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.03.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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