Organochlorine pesticides in the atmosphere of Guangzhou and Hong Kong: Regional sources and long-range atmospheric transport

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3889-3903

  Li, Jun ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a   Guo, Lingli ^a   Xu, Weihai ^a   Li, Xiangdong ^b   Lee, Celine S L ^b   Ding, Aijun ^b   Wang, Tao ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Back trajectory; Chlordane; DDT; Guangzhou; HCH; Hong Kong; OCPs; South China

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HONG KONG; SAMPLING;

BACK TRAJECTORY; CHLORDANE; GAS PHASE; GUANGZHOU; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCP);

PESTICIDES;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; DICOFOL; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MONSOON; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS; HONG KONG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HONG KONG;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 34247104501     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.12.052     Document Type: Article

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