Particle number emission factors for an urban highway tunnel

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 326-337

  Perkins, Jessica L ^a,b   Padró Martínez, Luz T ^a   Durant, John L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Highway; Mobile monitoring; Roadway tunnel; Temporal variation; Traffic related air pollution; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY; MOBILE MONITORING; ROADWAY TUNNEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

AIR POLLUTION; DISPERSIONS; FLEET OPERATIONS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH RISK; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TUNNEL; URBAN AREA;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FALLING; HIGHWAY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877344457     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.046     Document Type: Article

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