Does the forest filter effect prevent semivolatile organic compounds from reaching the arctic?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7185-7193

  Su, Yushan ^a   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; IMPURITIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ARCTIC CONTAMINATION POTENTIAL (ACP); BOREAL FORESTS; FOREST FILTER EFFECTS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SOC);

FORESTRY;

FRESH WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FILTER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTAMINATION; FILTER; FOREST; PRECIPITATION; SEA; SIMULATION; SOIL;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; DEGRADATION; FORESTS; SIMULATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 25144498597     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0481979     Document Type: Article

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