A simple semi-empirical technique for apportioning the impact of roadways on air quality in an urban neighbourhood

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-108

  Elangasinghe, M A ^a,c   Dirks, K N ^a   Singhal, N ^a   Costello, S B ^a   Longley, I ^b   Salmond, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Background concentration; Highway; Semi empirical modelling; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION MODELING; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; HIGHWAY; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SEMI-EMPIRICAL TECHNIQUES; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; MOTORWAY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME SERIES; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMPIRICISM; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHWAY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84888419729     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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