Temporal variation of traffic on highways and the development of accurate temporal allocation factors for air pollution analyses

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 351-363

  Batterman, Stuart ^a   Cook, Richard ^b   Justin, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Freeways; Highways; Mobile sources; Traffic; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRSHIPS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MOBILE POWER PLANTS; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN GROWTH; VEHICLES;

AIR QUALITY DISPERSION MODELS; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; EXPOSURE ESTIMATES; HIGHWAYS; MOBILE SOURCES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC ACTIVITIES; VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; HIGHWAY; LEISURE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923578038     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.02.047     Document Type: Article

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