Field Measurements of Gasoline Direct Injection Emission Factors: Spatial and Seasonal Variability

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2035-2043

  Zimmerman, Naomi ^a   Wang, Jonathan M ^a   Jeong, Cheol Heon ^a   Ramos, Manuel ^a   Hilker, Nathan ^a   Healy, Robert M ^a,b   Sabaliauskas, Kelly ^a   Wallace, James S ^a   Evans, Greg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENGINES; GASOLINE;

EMISSION FACTORS; ENGINE TECHNOLOGY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION; ROAD ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SIZE-RESOLVED PARTICLES; TORONTO , CANADA;

DIRECT INJECTION;

BENZENE; BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; GASOLINE; NITROGEN OXIDE; TOLUENE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; BTEX; ENGINE; FIELD SURVEY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; METEOROLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SOOT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; MOTOR VEHICLES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SOOT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84958260677     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04444     Document Type: Article

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