Characterizing and predicting coarse and fine particulates in classrooms located close to an urban roadway

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 945-956

  Chithra, V S ^a   Nagendra, S M Shiva ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROADSIDES; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LARGE-SIZE PARTICLES; OCCUPANT ACTIVITIES; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PM10 CONCENTRATION; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES;

URBAN GROWTH;

POLITEF;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WORKING TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCHOOLS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84905227719     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.894483     Document Type: Article

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