Ambient air levels and atmospheric long-range transport of persistent organochlorines to Signy Island, Antarctica

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 220, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 167-180

  Kallenborn, Roland ^a   Oehme, Michael ^b   Wynn Williams, David D ^c   Schlabach, Martin ^a   Harris, Joyce ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient air concentrations; Antarctica; Global transport; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032544599     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00257-5     Document Type: Article

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