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Model description paper
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Model description paper |
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VEIN v0.2.2: an R package for bottom–up vehicular emissions inventories
Sergio Ibarra-Espinosa
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rita Ynoue
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Shane O'Sullivan
Department of Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo 455, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Edzer Pebesma
Institute for Geoinformatics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Heisenbergstrasse 2, 48149 Münster, Germany
María de Fátima Andrade
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Mauricio Osses
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Vicuña Mackenna 3939, Santiago, Chile
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Short summary
An emissions inventory is a compilation of the mass of pollutants released by different sources. The quantification of vehicular emissions is difficult because these sources are in movement across streets. Also, emissions processes are multiple and complex. In this paper, we present an open-source software for calculating spatial vehicular emissions, including exhaust, evaporation and wear, named VEIN. The software is an R package available at
https://github.com/atmoschem/vein.
An emissions inventory is a compilation of the mass of pollutants released by different sources....
