Impact of the Urban Heat Island on light duty vehicle emissions for the phoenix, AZ Area

Todd P. Otanicar; Joby D. Carlson; Jay S. Golden; Kamil E. Kaloush; Patrick E. Phelan

doi:10.1080/15568310802428552

Impact of the Urban Heat Island on light duty vehicle emissions for the phoenix, AZ Area

Todd P. Otanicar, Joby D. Carlson, Jay S. Golden, Kamil E. Kaloush, Patrick E. Phelan

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Abstract

The sustainability of our planet is impacted as regions are transformed from rural to urban engineered infrastructures resulting in alterations at the surface and atmosphere. These changes are manifested in urban areas experiencing increased temperatures with respect to their rural counterparts, known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect. The impact of the UHI on light duty gasoline vehicle emissions was modeled using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) MOBILE6 model. It is shown that the impact on exhaust running emissions as a yearly total is very small while evaporative emissions and starting emissions are increased and decreased throughout the year, respectively.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15568310802428552
State	Published - Jan 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Auto emissions
MOBILE6
Urban heat island

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Automotive Engineering
Transportation

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