Evaluation of the RIO-IFDM-street canyon model chain

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 325-337

  Lefebvre, W ^a   Van Poppel, M ^a   Maiheu, B ^a   Janssen, S ^a   Dons, E ^a,b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antwerp (Belgium); NO2 concentrations; Passive samplers; Street canyons; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTWERP , BELGIUM; BELGIUM; INTEGRATED MODELS; LOCAL EMISSIONS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; SPATIAL VARIANCE; STREET CANYON; VALIDATION;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

NITROGEN OXIDE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANYON; EMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENT; IMMISSION FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION MODEL; KERNEL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPRING; URBAN AREA;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM;

EID: 84877818893     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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