Bias of averages in life-cycle footprinting of infrastructure: Truck and bus case studies

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 13045-13052

  Taptich, Michael N ^a   Horvath, Arpad ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL ECONOMY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCTIVITY; WHEELS;

AVERAGE EMISSION RATE; EMISSION FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; ESTIMATION BIAS; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; JENSEN'S INEQUALITY; LEVEL OF SERVICE; POLICY DECISIONS;

TRUCKS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BUS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRODUCTIVITY; TRUCK; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; STATISTICAL BIAS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84924559441     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503356c     Document Type: Article

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