Spatial and temporal characterization of traffic emissions in urban microenvironments with a mobile laboratory

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 156-167

  Pirjola, L ^a,b   Lahde T ^a   Niemi, J V ^b,c   Kousa, A ^c   Ronkko T ^d   Karjalainen, P ^d   Keskinen, J ^d   Frey, A ^e   Hillamo, R ^e  

^a HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority HSY   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mobile measurements; Pedestrian exposure; Street canyon; Traffic pollutants; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BLACK CARBON; FINE PARTICLE MASS; HELSINKI , FINLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOCAL DISPERSION; LOCAL TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MOBILE LABORATORIES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE COUNTS; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PEDESTRIAN EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SIZE RANGES; STREET CANYON; SURROUNDING BUILDINGS; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC FLOW; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; PAVEMENTS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

BLACK CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

BLACK CARBON; CYCLE TRANSPORT; EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH RISK; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDESTRIAN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN PLANNING;

AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CAR DRIVING; EXHAUST GAS; FINLAND; GEOMETRY; LABORATORY DEVICE; METEOROLOGY; MICROENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84867480165     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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