Estimating near-road pollutant dispersion: A model inter-comparison

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-105

  Heist, David ^a   Isakov, Vlad ^a   Perry, Steven ^a   Snyder, Michelle ^a   Venkatram, Akula ^b   Hood, Christina ^c   Stocker, Jenny ^c   Carruthers, David ^c   Arunachalam, Saravanan ^d   Owen, R Chris ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Mobile sources; Model comparison; Near road; Pollutant dispersion

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; MOBILE SOURCES; MODEL COMPARISON; NEAR-ROAD; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS;

TRANSPORTATION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAUSSIAN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 84885047868     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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