Estimation of future emission scenarios for analysing the impact of traffic mobility on a large Mediterranean conurbation in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (Spain)

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-32

  Soret, Albert ^a   Jimenez Guerrero, Pedro ^b   Andres, David ^c   Cardenas, Francisco ^c   Rueda, Salvador ^c   Baldasano, Jose M ^a,d  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c Barcelona Ecologia Urbana   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality management; Emissions management; Traffic mobility; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882775915     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.003     Document Type: Article

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