Organochlorine pesticides, polybrominated biphenyl ethers and lead isotopes during the spring time at the Waliguan Baseline Observatory, northwest China: Implication for long-range atmospheric transport

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 4734-4747

  Cheng, Hairong ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a   Jiang, Jerry Xunyi ^b   Li, Xiangdong ^b   Liu, Xiang ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Zhao, Yucheng ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Asian continent; Long range atmospheric transport; OCPs; Pb isotopes: Waliguan Observatory; PBDEs; POPs

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC WATCH (GAW); ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP); POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ETHERS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ISOTOPE; LEAD; LEAD 206; LEAD 207; LEAD 208; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LEAD ISOTOPE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPRING (SEASON);

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; DATA ANALYSIS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC WATCH STATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPRING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WALIGUAN BASE OBSERVATORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34249332019     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.03.023     Document Type: Article

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