Application of ADMS and AERMOD models to study the dispersion of vehicular pollutants in urban areas of India and the United Kingdom

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 157, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-12

  Nagendra, S ^a   Khare, M ^b   Gulia, S ^b   Vijay, P ^a   Chithra, V S ^a   Bell, M ^c   Namdeo, A ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADMS urban; AERMOD; Air quality models; Statistical indicator and performance evaluation; Vehicular pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

CHENNAI; EUROPE; INDIA; TAMIL NADU; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865797345     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/AIR120011     Document Type: Article

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