Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in snow samples in Germany

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-86

  Kolb, Axel ^a   Püttmann, Wilhelm ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

MTBE; Organic contaminants; Snow; SPME

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING;

MTBE; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; SNOW SAMPLES; SPME;

SNOW;

ICE; RAIN; SNOW; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MTBE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GERMANY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

EID: 28844452486     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.09.016     Document Type: Article

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