Characterizing the spatial variation of air pollutants and the contributions of high emitting vehicles in Pittsburgh, PA

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14186-14194

  Tan, Yi ^a   Lipsky, Eric M ^b   Saleh, Rawad ^a   Robinson, Allen L ^a   Presto, Albert A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; LANDFORMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOLUENE; TRUCKS;

HIGH EMITTING VEHICLES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MOBILE MEASUREMENTS; POINT SOURCE EMISSIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TIME-RESOLVED DATA;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BENZENE; BLACK CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOOT;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; GIS; PAH; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON BALANCE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; PLUME; SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT; UNITED STATES;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PENNSYLVANIA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOOT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84907999912     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5034074     Document Type: Article

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