Evolution rates and PCB content of surface films that develop on impervious urban surfaces

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6131-6143

  Wu, Rosa W ^a,b   Harner, Tom ^a   Diamond, Miriam L ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impervious surfaces; PCBs; Surface films; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; EVOLUTION (CO); GLASS BEADS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACES; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS (OC); SURFACE FILMS; TORONTO; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SURFACES;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FILM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 47549114816     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.066     Document Type: Article

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