Detailed study of factors controlling atmospheric concentrations of PCNs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4729-4738

  Lee, Robert G M ^a   Thomas, Gareth O ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ADVECTION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED NAPTHALENES (PCN);

NAPHTHALENE;

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; IRELAND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRELAND; NAPHTHALENES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22044433985     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048156c     Document Type: Article

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