Impact of temporary freeway closure on regional air quality: A lesson from Carmageddon in Los Angeles, United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3211-3218

  Hong, Andy ^a   Schweitzer, Lisa ^a   Yang, Wan ^b   Marr, Linsey C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY MODELS; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY;

OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MOTORWAY; PARTICULATE MATTER; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84924086453     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505185c     Document Type: Article

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