Ground-fixed and on-board measurements of nanoparticles in the wake of a moving vehicle

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 5837-5852

  Carpentieri, Matteo ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fast response measurements; Nanoparticles dispersion; Number concentrations; Size distribution; Ultrafine particles; Vehicle wake

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; CAMBUSTION; COMPLEX INTERACTION; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT SPEED; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; DOMINANT PROCESS; EXHAUST EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; FAST RESPONSE; GROUND LEVEL; LOCAL SCALE; MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION; MOVING VEHICLES; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; ON-BOARD MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; RECIRCULATIONS; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SAMPLING LOCATION; SIZE RANGES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; VEHICLE WAKE;

DISPERSIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; VEHICLES;

WAKES;

NANOPARTICLE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE; DATA SET; DIESEL; DILUTION; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOBILITY; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VORTICITY; WAKE;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; EVOLUTION; EXHAUST GAS; GROUND FIXED MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; ON BOARD MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETER; TUBE;

EID: 80052331896     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.079     Document Type: Article

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