Comparative assessment of GIS-based methods and metrics for estimating long-term exposures to air pollution

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7072-7080

  Gulliver, John ^a   de Hoogh, Kees ^a   Fecht, Daniela ^a   Vienneau, Danielle ^a   Briggs, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; Dispersion modelling; Exposure assessment; GIS; Land use regression; Particles

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DISPERSION MODELLING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES; INFORMATION-ON SITE; KRIGING; LAND USE REGRESSION; LAND-USE REGRESSION MODELS; LOCAL DATA; LONDON , UK; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MONITORING SITES; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; ROAD DENSITY; SITE TYPES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

AIR QUALITY; DISPERSIONS; FORECASTING; LAND USE; POLLUTION; RATING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; KRIGING; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLUME;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80755139738     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.042     Document Type: Article

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