Evaluation of model-predicted hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) near a mid-sized U.S. airport

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-117

  Vennam, Lakshmi Pradeepa ^a,b   Vizuete, William ^a   Arunachalam, Saravanan ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft emissions; CMAQ; Formaldehyde; Landing takeoff; Lower thrust idling emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; CIVIL AVIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FORMALDEHYDE; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS; CMAQ; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELS; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION; NATIONAL AIR TOXICS ASSESSMENTS;

AIRPORTS;

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; BENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ACETALDEHYDE; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMALDEHYDE; POLLUTION POLICY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939805551     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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