Dynamics and dispersion modelling of nanoparticles from road traffic in the urban atmospheric environment-A review

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 580-603

  Kumar, Prashant ^a   Ketzel, Matthias ^b   Vardoulakis, Sotiris ^c   Pirjola, Liisa ^d,e   Britter, Rex ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol and particle dispersion; Model uncertainty; Nanoparticle modelling; Number and size distribution; Street canyon; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COAGULATION; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; CONDENSATION; FRACTALS; METADATA; NANOPARTICLES; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; NUMBER AND SIZE; PARTICLE DISPERSION; STREET CANYON; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COAGULATION; CONDENSATION; DISPERSION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROAD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSFORMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DISPERSION; DYNAMICS; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79959632857     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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