Effects of wind and air trajectory directions on atmospheric concentrations of persistent organic pollutants near the Great Lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7817-7825

  Hafner, William D ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN;

IMPURITIES;

CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; HYDROCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WIND;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHLORDAN; DIELDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT LAKES REGION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26944490311     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0502223     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Carlson, D. L.; Hites, R. A. Temperature dependence of atmospheric PCB concentrations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39, 740-747.
2. Burgoyne, T. W.; Hites, R. A. The effect of wind direction on the atmospheric concentration of α-endosulphan. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1993, 27, 910-914.
3. Cortes, D. R.; Basu, I.; Sweet, C.; Brice, K. A.; Hoff, R. M.; Hites, R. A. Temporal trends in gas-phase concentrations of chlorinated pesticides measured at the shores of the Great Lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1998, 32, 1920-1927.
4. Hillery, B. R.; Basu, I.; Sweet, C.; Hites, R. A. Temporal and spatial trends in a long-term study of gas-phase PCB concentrations near the Great Lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1997, 31, 1811-1816.
5. Simcik, M. F.; Zhang, H.; Eisenreich, S. J.; Franz, T. R. Urban contamination of Chicago/Coastal Lake Michigan atmosphere by PCBs and PAHs during AEOLOS. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1997, 31, 2141-2147.
6. Zhang, H.; Eisenreich, S. J.; Franz, T. R.; Baker, J. E.; Offenberg, J. H. Evidence for increased gaseous PCB fluxes to Lake Michigan from Chicago. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 2129-2137.
7. Hafner, W.; Hites, R. A. Potential sources of pesticides, PCBs, and PAHs to the atmosphere of the Great Lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37, 3764-3773.
8. Djuric, D. Weather Analysis; Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1994.
9. Hoff, R. M.; Muir, D. C. G.; Grift, N. P. Annual cycle of polychlorinated biphenyls and organohalogen pesticides in air in Southern Ontario. 2. Atmospheric transport and sources. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1992, 26, 276-283.
10. Sofuoglu, A.; Odabasi, M.; Tasdemir, Y.; Khalili, N. R.; Holsen, T. M. Temperature dependence of gas-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticide concentrations in Chicago air. Atmos. Environ. 2001, 35, 6503-6510.
11. Subhash, S.; Honrath, R. E.; Kahl, J. D. W. Back-trajectory analysis of atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations over Lake Superior. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 1509-1515.
12. James, R. R.; Hites, R. A. Atmospheric transport of toxaphene from the Southern United States to the Great Lakes region. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2002, 36, 3474-3481.
13. Basu, I. Analysis of PCBs, Pesticides, and PAHs in Air and Precipitation Samples, IADN Project Sample Preparation Procedure;
14. Indiana University: Bloomington, IN, 1999; http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/ iadn/Resources/resources_e.html.
15. Basu, I.; Lee, A. D. Collection of Air and Precipitation Samples; Indiana University: Bloomington, IN, 2003; http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/iadn/Resources/ resources_e.html.
16. Gatz, D. F.; Sweet, C.; Basu, I.; Vermette, S.; Harlin, K.; Bauer, S. Great Lakes Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) Data Report 1990-1992; Illinois State Water Survey: Champaign, IL, 1994.
17. Sweet, C.; Harlin, K.; Gatz, D. F.; Bauer, S. Great Lakes Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) Data Report 1993-1994; Illinois State Water Survey: Champaign, IL, 1996.
18. Basu, I.; Arnold, K. Quality Control Report 2002; Indiana University: Bloomington, IN, 2003.
19. Zar, J. H. Biostatistical Analysis; Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1974.
20. Draxler, R. R.; Hess, G. D. Description of the HYSPLIT_4 Modeling System; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Air Resources Laboratory: Silver Spring, MD, 2003.
21. HYSPLIT4 (Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory) Model; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Washtington, DC; http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/hysplit4.html (accessed Nov 2004).
22. Stohl, A.; Eckhardt, S.; Forster, C.; James, P.; Spichtinger, N.; Seibert, P. A replacement for simple back trajectory calculations in the interpretation of atmospheric trace substance measurements. Atmos. Environ. 2002, 36, 4635-4648.
23. Buehler, S.; Basu, L; Hites, R. A. Causes of variability in pesticide and PCB concentrations in air near the Great Lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 30, 414-422.
24. Cortes, D. R.; Basu, I.; Sweet, C; Hites, R. A. Temporal trends in and influence of wind on PAH concentrations measure near the Great Lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2000, 34, 356-360.
25. AFTSAD Registry. Toxicological Profile for Aldrin/Dieldrin; U. S. Department of Health and Human Services: Washington, DC, 2002.
26. Jantunen, L.; Bidleman, T. F.; Harner, T.; Parkhurst, W. J. Toxaphene, chlordane, and other organochlorine pesticides in Alabama air. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2000, 34, 5097-5105.
27. AFTSAD Registry. Toxicological Profile for Chlordane; U. S. Department of Health and Human Services: Washington, DC, 1994.
28. Stern, G. A.; Halsall, C. J.; Barrie, L. A.; Muir, D. C. G.; Fellin, P.; Rosenberg, B.; Rovinsky, F. Y.; Kononov, E. Y.; Pastuhov, B. Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Arctic air. 1. Temporal and spatial trends: 1992-1994. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1997, 31, 3619-3628.
29. Hsu, Y.-K.; Holsen, T. M.; Hopke, P. K. Locating and quantifying PCB sources in Chicago: Receptor modeling and field sampling. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37, 681-690.
30. Harrison, R. M.; Smith, D. J. T.; Lahuna, L. Source apportionment of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons collected from an urban location in Birmingham, U. K. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1996, 30, 825-832.
31. Khalili, N. R.; Scheff, P. A.; Holsen, T. M. PAH Source fingerprints for coke ovens, diesel and gasoline engines, highway tunnels, and wood combustion emissions. Atmos. Environ. 1995, 29, 533-542.
32. Simcik, M. F.; Eisenreich, S. J.; Lioy, P. J. Source apportionment and source/sink relationships of PAHs in the coastal atmosphere of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Atmos. Environ. 1999, 33, 5071-5079.