Effects of errors on vehicle emission rates from portable emissions measurement systems

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2340, 2013, Pages 10-19

  Sandhu, Gurdas ^a   Frey, H ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA HANDLING; ENGINES; FUELS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES;

AVERAGE EMISSION RATE; DATA STREAM; ELECTRONICS CONTROL UNIT; EMISSION MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; EMISSIONS RATES; FUEL USE; INDICATOR VARIABLES; ROAD GRADES; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE SPECIFIC POWER;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 84883041079     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2340-02     Document Type: Article

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