Impact of European emission control strategies on urban and local air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 4753-4762

  Giannouli, Myrsini ^a   Kalognomou, Evangelia Anna ^a   Mellios, Giorgos ^a   Moussiopoulos, Nicolas ^a   Samaras, Zissis ^a   Fiala, Jaroslav ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; APPROPRIATE MODELS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FINE STRUCTURES; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; IN-LINE; LOCAL SCALE; POLLUTION MODELS; URBAN BACKGROUND; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE FLEETS;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION CONTROL; FLEET OPERATIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION; VEHICLES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CURRENT LEGISLATION; EUROPE; MAXIMUM FEASIBLE REDUCTIONS; OPERATIONAL STREET POLLUTION MODEL; OZONE FINE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 79960594548     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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