Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons observed over the North Pacific Ocean and the Arctic area: Spatial distribution and source identification

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2061-2072

  Ding, Xiang ^a,c   Wang, Xin Ming ^a   Xie, Zhou Qing ^b   Xiang, Cai Hong ^a,c   Mai, Bi Xian ^a   Sun, Li Guang ^b   Zheng, Mei ^d   Sheng, Guo Ying ^a   Fu, Jia Mo ^a   Pöschl, Ulrich ^e  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biomass burning; North Pacific Ocean; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COAL COMBUSTION; ISOMERS; POLYURETHANES; QUARTZ;

GAS PHASE; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; QUARTZ FILTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; FLUORANTHENE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PYRENE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; DILUTION; ISOMER; LATITUDE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARCTIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33846927527     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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