Application of strategies for particulate matter reduction in urban areas: An Italian case

UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series D: Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 221-228

  Torretta, Vincenzo ^a   Raboni, Massimo ^a   Copelli, Sabrina ^a   Rada, Elena Cristina ^b   Ragazzi, Marco ^b   Ionescu, Gabriela ^b   Apostol, Tiberiu ^c   Badea, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Heating; Particulate matter; Traffic; Urban area

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEATING SYSTEM; HEAVY RAINFALL; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION; URBAN AREAS;

ENGINEERING; HEATING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 84888375054     PISSN: 14542358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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