Modeling the impact of roadway emissions in light wind, stable and transition conditions

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-119

  Venkatram, Akula ^a   Snyder, Michelle ^b   Isakov, Vlad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion modeling; Low wind speeds; Roadway emissions; Tracer experiment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DISPERSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION DISPERSION; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; DISPERSION MODELING; LOW WIND SPEED; ROADWAY EMISSIONS; STATE OF THE ART; TRACER EXPERIMENT; TRANSITION CONDITIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TRACER; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880353408     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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