Impact of traffic volume and composition on the air quality and pedestrian exposure in urban street canyon

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 260-270

  Rakowska, Agata ^a   Wong, Ka Chun ^a   Townsend, Thomas ^a   Chan, Ka Lok ^a   Westerdahl, Dane ^a   Ng, Simon ^b   Močnik, Griša ^c   Drinovec, Luka ^c   Ning, Zhi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Civic Exchange   (Hong Kong)

^c Aerosol doo   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Roadside pedestrian; Street canyon; Ultrafine particles; Urban transport

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION CONTROL; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROADSIDES; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; HEALTH RISKS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; PUBLIC RISKS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

BLACK CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; POLLUTANTS DISPERSIONS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENTS; ROADWAY CONFIGURATION; STREET CANYON; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

BLACK CARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEALTH RISK; METROPOLITAN AREA; PEDESTRIAN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLUME; CONGESTION; DIESEL; EMISSION CONTROL; POLLUTANT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; PEDESTRIAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; URBAN STREET CANYON; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; DISPERSION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84906857946     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.073     Document Type: Article

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