Atmospheric deposition of PBDEs to the great lakes featuring a Monte Carlo analysis of errors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9058-9064

  Venier, Marta ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CHICAGO; CLEVELAND; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIES; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE SUPERIORS; MASS TRANSFER RATES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSES; PARTICLE PHASE; POLYCHLORINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PRECIPITATION SAMPLES; RELATIVE ERRORS; RURAL SITES; URBAN SITES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; ERRORS; ETHERS; MASS TRANSFER; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

LAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PBDE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ATMOSPHERE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRECIPITATION;

CLEVELAND [OHIO]; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149159898     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8008985     Document Type: Article

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