Effect of chemistry-transport model scale and resolution on population exposure to PM2.5 from aircraft emissions during landing and takeoff

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3294-3300

  Arunachalam, Saravanan ^a   Wang, Binyu ^a   Davis, Neil ^a   Baek, Bok Haeng ^a   Levy, Jonathan I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Aircraft emissions; CMAQ; Grid resolution; Particulate matter; Population exposure

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS; CMAQ; GRID RESOLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRPORTS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CIVIL AVIATION; HEALTH; LANDING; MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TAKEOFF;

HEALTH RISKS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; AIRPORT; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATLANTA; CHICAGO; GEORGIA; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955573843     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.029     Document Type: Article

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