Air quality and climate impacts of alternative bus technologies in Greater London

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4613-4622

  Chong, Uven ^a,b   Yim, Steve H L ^a,b,c   Barrett, Steven R H ^a,b   Boies, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUSES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLEET OPERATIONS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; TECHNOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; CONTINUOUSLY REGENERATING TRAPS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR); POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

BLACK CARBON; DIESEL FUEL; LITHIUM ION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC CARBON;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CATALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORTALITY RISK; NATURAL GAS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIESEL ENGINE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; RADIATIVE FORCING; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; LONDON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84898857908     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4055274     Document Type: Article

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