Investigating the occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the arctic: Their atmospheric behaviour and interaction with the seasonal snow pack

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 163-175

  Halsall, Crispin J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Polar; Snow; Trends

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SNOW;

PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWPACK;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0345550270     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.08.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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