Measuring and modeling short-term variability of PCBs in air and characterization of urban source strength in zurich, Switzerland

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 769-776

  Gasic, Bojan ^a   Moecke, Claudia ^b   Macleod, Matthew ^b   Brunner, Jurg ^c   Scheringer, Martin ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a   Hungerbuhler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Umwelt and Gesundheitsschutz Stadt Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AIR-SURFACE EXCHANGES; BACKGROUND LEVELS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONCENTRATION PATTERNS; DIEL CYCLES; DIEL PATTERNS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS; INVERSION LAYERS; MASS BALANCE MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MODELING APPROACHES; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SAMPLING SITES; SOURCE STRENGTHS; STOCKHOLM; SWITZERLAND; TIME PERIODS; WOODLAND CANOPIES;

MOSFET DEVICES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIEL VARIATION; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URBAN AREA; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREST; METEOROLOGY; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA; VOLATILIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

AIR POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 63149168123     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8023435     Document Type: Article

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