Evaluating near highway air pollutant levels and estimating emission factors: Case study of Tehran, Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 375-384

  Nayeb Yazdi, Mohammad ^a   Delavarrafiee, Maryam ^a   Arhami, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; CO; Emission factors; PM10; Roadside; Tehran; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; COBALT; FLEET OPERATIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; ROADSIDES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORTATION; TUNNELS;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; EMISSION FACTORS; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; TEHRAN; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; MOTORWAY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TUNNEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHWAY; IRAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

IRAN; RESALAT TUNNEL; TEHRAN [IRAN]; TEHRAN [TEHRAN (PRV)];

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84939833233     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.141     Document Type: Article

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