Modelling air quality in street canyons: a review

S Vardoulakis, BEA Fisher, K Pericleous… - Atmospheric …, 2003 - Elsevier
High pollution levels have been often observed in urban street canyons due to the increased
traffic emissions and reduced natural ventilation. Microscale dispersion models with different …

Road traffic air and noise pollution exposure assessment–A review of tools and techniques

J Khan, M Ketzel, K Kakosimos, M Sørensen… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Road traffic induces air and noise pollution in urban environments having negative impacts
on human health. Thus, estimating exposure to road traffic air and noise pollution (hereafter …

Recent progress in CFD modelling of wind field and pollutant transport in street canyons

XX Li, CH Liu, DYC Leung, KM Lam - Atmospheric Environment, 2006 - Elsevier
With rapid development in computer hardware and numerical algorithms, computational
fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques are widely utilized to study the wind field and pollutant …

The potential impacts of different traffic management strategies on air pollution and public health for a more sustainable city: A modelling case study from Dublin …

J Tang, A McNabola, B Misstear - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Traffic management strategies not only affects public safety and convenience, but also can
affect air quality significantly and thus may affect public health, as traffic is one of the most …

Particle and trace gas emission factors under urban driving conditions in Copenhagen based on street and roof-level observations

M Ketzel, P Wåhlin, R Berkowicz, F Palmgren - Atmospheric Environment, 2003 - Elsevier
Simultaneous measurements of particle size distribution (size/range 10–700nm) inside an
urban street canyon and a nearby urban background location in Copenhagen in May …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of passenger car NOX emissions on urban NO2 pollution–Scenario analysis for 8 European cities

B Degraeuwe, P Thunis, A Clappier, M Weiss… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Residents of large European cities are exposed to NO 2 concentrations that often exceed
the established air quality standards. Diesel cars have been identified as a major contributor …

Air pollution from traffic at the residence of children with cancer

O Raaschou-Nielsen, O Hertel… - American journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The hypothesis that exposure to traffic-related air pollution increases the risk of develo**
cancer during childhood was investigated. The authors enrolled 1,989 children reported to …

A Danish decision-support GIS tool for management of urban air quality and human exposures

SS Jensen, R Berkowicz, HS Hansen… - … Research Part D …, 2001 - Elsevier
A new prototype model system named AirGIS has been developed to support local
authorities in air quality management for big Danish cities. The system is based on the …

Presentation and evaluation of an integrated model chain to respond to traffic-and health-related policy questions

W Lefebvre, B Degrawe, C Beckx, M Vanhulsel… - … modelling & software, 2013 - Elsevier
There is often a large discrepancy between the questions raised by policy makers and the
responses offered by scientists. Current modeling approaches do not answer some of the …

Street canyon ventilation and atmospheric turbulence

P Salizzoni, L Soulhac, P Mejean - Atmospheric Environment, 2009 - Elsevier
Operational models for pollutant dispersion in urban areas require an estimate of the
turbulent transfer between the street canyons and the overlying atmospheric flow. To date …