Evaluation of vehicle emission inventories for carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides for Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Santiago, and São Paulo

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-19

  Gallardo, Laura ^a   Escribano, Jerónimo ^a   Dawidowski, Laura ^b   Rojas, Néstor ^c   de Fátima Andrade, Maria ^d   Osses, Mauricio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

CO; NO x; South America; Urban mobile emissions

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES; CO AND NO; CO EMISSIONS; COLOMBIA; EMISSION FACTORS; MOLAR RATIO; SOUTH AMERICA; VEHICLE EMISSION;

COBALT; NITROGEN OXIDES;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

CALIBRATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILE; COLOMBIA; EXHAUST GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARGENTINA; BOGOTA; BRAZIL; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; CHILE; COLOMBIA; METROPOLITANA; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84155163118     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.051     Document Type: Article

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