A short-term intervention study - Impact of airport closure due to the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull on near-field air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 328-336

  Carslaw, David C ^a   Williams, Martin L ^a   Barratt, Ben ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Aviation; Change detection; Emissions; Intervention; Nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen oxides

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS; AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; ASH CLOUDS; BOOSTED REGRESSION TREES; CHANGE DETECTION; DISPERSION MODELLING; EUROPEAN AIRPORTS; ICELANDICS; INTERVENTION; LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MONITORING SITES; NEAR-FIELD; NITROGEN DIOXIDES;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; ESTIMATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AIRPORTS;

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; FLIGHT; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84860640228     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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