Quantification of fossil fuel CO2 emissions on the building/street scale for a large U.S. City

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 12194-12202

  Gurney, Kevin R ^a   Razlivanov, Igor ^a   Song, Yang ^a   Zhou, Yuyu ^b   Benes, Bedrich ^c   Abdul Massih, Michel ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP METHODS; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; CARBON EXCHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; CORRELATION VALUE; DATA SETS; GAS UTILITY; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; INDIANAPOLIS; LAND SURFACE; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURAL GAS COMPONENTS; POWER PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FACILITY; RESEARCH EFFORTS; ROAD SEGMENTS; TRAFFIC DATA; URBAN LANDSCAPE; ZIP CODE;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MONITORING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

FOSSIL FUEL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUEL; POLLUTION POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; POWER PLANTS; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

INDIANA; INDIANAPOLIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868552797     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3011282     Document Type: Article

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