The influence of street layouts and viaduct settings on daily carbon monoxide exposure and intake fraction in idealized urban canyons

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue , 2017, Pages 72-86

  Hang, Jian ^a   Luo, Zhiwen ^b   Wang, Xuemei ^a   He, Lejian ^a   Wang, Baomin ^a   Zhu, Wei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily pollutant exposure; Intake fraction; Noise barrier; Street canyon; Viaduct

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; CRASHWORTHINESS; FLUID DYNAMICS; POLLUTION; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

INTAKE FRACTION; NOISE BARRIERS; POLLUTANT EXPOSURES; STREET CANYON; VIADUCT;

ROADS AND STREETS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

BUILDING; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN DESIGN; VIADUCT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; NOISE; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; VIADUCT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NOISE; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

EID: 84994805816     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.024     Document Type: Article

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