Evidence of local emission of organochlorine pesticides in the Tibetan plateau

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 7397-7404

  Li, Jun ^a,b   Lin, Tian ^a   Qi, Shihua ^b   Zhang, Gan ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Li, Kechang ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Lhasa city; Organochlorine pesticides; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SPRAYING;

AIR SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LHASA CITY; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

PESTICIDES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

CHLORDANE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; HCH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; PLATEAU; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; FIELD EMISSION; NIGHT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 52949124057     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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