Estimating the relationship between traffic and air pollution.

Author(s)
Siddique, S.
Year
Abstract

The paper deals with the impact of transport on air pollution, along with the influence of meteorological factors. This study found a strong positive relationship between traffic and air pollution. Mathematical models are developed for CO (carbon monoxide) and NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) with traffic. It is evident that there is a correlation between end-of-the-day's pollutant concentrations and traffic into the same area. Similarly there is a relationship between the pollutant concentration and the direction and speed of the wind and their cross-products. Traffic has a significant impact on air pollution (CO and NO2) along with wind direction and speed at any particular time of a day. Although daily traffic data was used in conjunction with hourly pollution and meteorological data, the build-up of pollutants to 6 PM is clearly evident. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210528.

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C 29097 (In: C 29076 CD-ROM) /15 / ITRD E210549
Source

In: CAITR-2003 : [proceedings of the] 25th Conference of the Australian Institutes of Transport Research, University of South Australia, Transport Systems Centre, 3-5 December 2003, 12 p.

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