A circumpolar perspective of atmospheric organochlorine pesticides (OCPs): Results from six Arctic monitoring stations in 2000-2003

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4682-4698

  Su, Yushan ^a   Hung, Hayley ^a   Blanchard, Pierrette ^a   Patton, Gregory W ^b   Kallenborn, Roland ^c   Konoplev, Alexei ^d   Fellin, Phil ^e   Li, Henrik ^e   Geen, Charles ^e   Stern, Gary ^f   Rosenberg, Bruno ^f   Barrie, Leonard A ^g  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION TYPHOON   (Russian Federation)

^e AIRZONE ONE LTD   (Canada)

^f FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circumpolar atmosphere; Organochlorine pesticides; Seasonal; Spatial

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PESTICIDES; VAPORIZATION;

CIRCUMPOLAR ATMOSPHERE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; METHOXYCHLOR; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; PENTACHLOROANISOLE; PHOTOMIREX; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; TRIFLURALIN;

AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; EMISSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VOLATILIZATION;

ALASKA; ALERT; ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CHUKCHI; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KINNGAIT; LITTLE FOX LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; NUNAVUT; POINT BARROW; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UNITED STATES; VALKARKAI; YUKON TERRITORY; ZEPPELIN STATION;

EID: 46549086128     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.054     Document Type: Article

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