The relationship between aviation activities and ultrafine particulate matter concentrations near a mid-sized airport

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 328-337

  Hsu, Hsiao Hsien ^a   Adamkiewicz, Gary ^a   Andres Houseman, E ^a,b   Vallarino, Jose ^a   Melly, Steven J ^a   Wayson, Roger L ^c   Spengler, John D ^a   Levy, Jonathan I ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Aircraft; Ground measurements; Regression; Source attribution; Ultrafine particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; COMBUSTION SOURCES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MONITORING; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; MARGINAL CONTRIBUTION; MONITORING SITES; NON-PARAMETRIC; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT MONITORING; REGRESSION; REGRESSION MODEL; ROAD TRAFFIC; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION; THIN PLATE SPLINE; ULTRAFINE; WARWICK; WIND DATA; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITIES;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; JET ENGINES; MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAKEOFF;

AIRPORTS;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATIONAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFINE PARTICULATE MATTER; VELOCITY; WIND;

RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES; WARWICK [RHODE ISLAND];

EID: 84856669087     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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