Latitudinal gradient of airborne polyfluorinated alkyl substances in the marine atmosphere between Germany and South Africa (53° N-33° S)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3055-3061

  Jahnke, Annika ^a,b   Berger, Urs ^c,d   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a   Temme, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAVAL VESSELS;

FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS (FTOH); PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE (PFOS); POLYFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS);

AIR QUALITY;

ALKYL GROUP;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAVAL VESSELS;

ALCOHOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH VESSEL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SULFONATE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; EUROPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; LATITUDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; BREMEN [GERMANY]; BREMERHAVEN; CAPE TOWN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 34248149528     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062389h     Document Type: Article

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