Measuring and simulating atmospheric concentration trends of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Northern Hemisphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 6502-6512

  Hung, Hayley ^a   Sum, Chi Lee ^a   Wania, Frank ^b   Blanchard, Pierrette ^a   Brice, Ken ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric half lives; Environmental removal processes; Globo POP; Long term air monitoring of POPs; PCB emission

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HALF-LIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMOVAL PROCESSES; GLOBO-POP; LONG-TERM AIR MONITORING OF POPS; PCB EMISSIONS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; DEEP SEA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 26444440034     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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