Depositional flux of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in an urban setting

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1550-1561

  Correa, Oscar ^a   Raun, Loren ^a   Rifai, Hanadi ^a   Suarez, Monica ^a   Holsen, Thomas ^b   Koenig, Larry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

^c Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Dry; Furans; Urban air pollution; Wet and bulk deposition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITION; FURAN RESINS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

DIOXINS; DRY; FURANS; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; WET AND BULK DEPOSITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

NITRIC OXIDE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FURAN RESINS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

DIOXIN; DRY DEPOSITION; PCDD; PCDF; SPATIAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY DEPOSITION; GAS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WET DEPOSITION;

CLINTON; HOUSTON; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746166749     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.11.020     Document Type: Article

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