Effect of road blockages on local air pollution during the Hong Kong protests and its implications for air quality management

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 536, Issue , 2015, Pages 443-448

  Brimblecombe, Peter ^a   Ning, Zhi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Community based monitoring; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Particulate matter; Traffic blockages; Traffic diversions

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BALLOONS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; ROADSIDES; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; COMMUNITY-BASED MONITORING; LOCAL AIR POLLUTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC DIVERSION; TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HONG KONG; METEOROLOGY; POLICY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HONG KONG; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84938375015     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.104     Document Type: Article

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