Fuel-based fine particulate and black carbon emission factors from a railyard area in Atlanta

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 648-658

  Galvis, Boris ^a,b   Bergin, Mike ^a   Russell, Armistead ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; EMISSION CONTROL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FUELS; HOUSING; LOCOMOTIVES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; BLACK CARBON EMISSION; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; ON-ROAD MOBILE SOURCES; RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS; WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIESEL FUEL; FUEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DIESEL ENGINE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WIND;

EID: 84878427577     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2013.776507     Document Type: Article

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