The influence of roadside vegetation barriers on airborne nanoparticles and pedestrians exposure under varying wind conditions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-124

  Al Dabbous, Abdullah N ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Particle number concentration; Particle size distribution; Respiratory deposited doses; Roadside vegetation barrier; Traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LOCATION; NANOPARTICLES; NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROADSIDES; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; WIND;

AIRBORNE NANOPARTICLES; DEPOSITED DOSE; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; GEOMETRIC MEAN DIAMETERS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; ROADSIDE VEGETATION; SIZE-RESOLVED PARTICLES; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS;

VEGETATION;

NANOPARTICLE;

DATA SET; GEOMETRY; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SITE INVESTIGATION; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION COVER; WIND DIRECTION;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; INHALATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPECTROMETER; VEGETATION; WIND;

ENGLAND; GUILDFORD; SURREY [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84897409225     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.03.040     Document Type: Article

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