Spatial distribution of atmospheric PAHs and PCNs along a north-south Atlantic transect

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Jaward, Foday M ^a   Barber, Jonathan L ^a   Booij, Kees ^b   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air sea exchange; Global cycling; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FLUORANTHENE; POLYCHLORINATED NAPTHALENES (PCN);

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

FLUORANTHENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; POLLUTION; SEASHORE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; FLUORENES; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NAPHTHALENES; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 3242797291     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.03.029     Document Type: Article

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