Dispersion modelling of traffic induced ultrafine particles in a street canyon in Antwerp, Belgium and comparison with observations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2011, Pages 336-343

  Nikolova, Irina ^a,b   Janssen, Stijn ^a   Vos, Peter ^a,b   Vrancken, Karl ^a,b   Mishra, Vinit ^b   Berghmans, Patrick ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CFD; Modelling; P TRAK; Simultaneous measurements; Street canyon; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

MODELLING; P-TRAK; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; STREET CANYON; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; WIND DIRECTION;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BELGIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BELGIUM; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

EID: 84855848006     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.081     Document Type: Article

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