Operational Street Pollution Model (OSPM)–a review of performed application and validation studies, and future prospects

KE Kakosimos, O Hertel, M Ketzel… - Environmental …, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context Trafficked streets are air pollution hot spots where people experience
high exposure to hazardous pollutants. Although monitoring networks provide crucial …

A proper choice of route significantly reduces air pollution exposure—A study on bicycle and bus trips in urban streets

O Hertel, M Hvidberg, M Ketzel, L Storm… - Science of the total …, 2008 - Elsevier
A proper selection of route through the urban area may significantly reduce the air pollution
exposure. This is the main conclusion from the presented study. Air pollution exposure is …

Effects of canyon geometry on the distribution of traffic-related air pollution in a large urban area: Implications of a multi-canyon air pollution dispersion model

X Fu, J Liu, GA Ban-Weiss, J Zhang, X Huang… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Street canyons are ubiquitous in urban areas. Traffic-related air pollutants in street canyons
can adversely affect human health. In this study, an urban-scale traffic pollution dispersion …

Air pollution dispersion within urban street canyons

OV Taseiko, SV Mikhailuta, A Pitt, AA Lezhenin… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
A semi-empirical mathematical model, Urban Street Model (USM), is proposed to efficiently
estimate the dispersion of vehicular air pollution in cities. This model describes urban …

Assessing the impact of vehicle speed limits and fleet composition on air quality near a school

J Tang, A McNabola, B Misstear, F Pilla… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Traffic is a major source of urban air pollution that affects health, especially among children.
As lower speed limits are commonly applied near schools in many cities, and different …

Characterizing near-road air pollution using local-scale emission and dispersion models and validation against in-situ measurements

A Wang, M Fallah-Shorshani, J Xu… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
Near-road concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2), a known marker of traffic-related air
pollution, were simulated along a busy urban corridor in Montreal, Quebec using a …

A GIS model for personal exposure to PM10 for Dublin commuters

F Pilla, B Broderick - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2015 - Elsevier
The goal of the research presented here is to generate a Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) model for personal exposure to particulate matter (PM10) experienced by the …

Estimating urban roadside emissions with an atmospheric dispersion model based on in-field measurements

Y Pu, C Yang - Environmental Pollution, 2014 - Elsevier
Urban vehicle emission models have been utilized to calculate pollutant concentrations at
both microscopic and macroscopic levels based on vehicle emission rates which few …

Modeling traffic air pollution in street canyons in New York City for intra-urban exposure assessment in the US Multi-Ethnic Study of atherosclerosis and air pollution

SS Jensen, T Larson, KC Deepti, JD Kaufman - Atmospheric Environment, 2009 - Elsevier
We evaluated the Danish AirGIS air quality and exposure model system using air quality
measurement data from New York City in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air …

Applying the OSPM model to the calculation of PM10 concentration levels in the historical centre of the city of Thessaloniki

MJ Assael, M Delaki, KE Kakosimos - Atmospheric Environment, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper, the OSPM model is employed for the calculation of the PM10 concentration
levels in the historical centre of the city of Thessaloniki (Greece). Although measurements of …