Challenges and approaches for developing ultrafine particle emission inventories for motor vehicle and bus fleets

Atmosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 36-56

  Keogh, Diane U ^a   Sonntag, Darrell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AAAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buses; Emission factors; Mobile sources; Motor vehicle emission inventories; On road vehicles; Particle mass; Particle number; Particulate matter; Traffic; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; BUSES; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VEHICLES;

EMISSION FACTORS; MOBILE SOURCES; MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS; PARTICLE MASS; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION INVENTORY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

PRECIS;

EID: 84874545199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos2020036     Document Type: Article

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