Empirical investigation of the junge variability - Lifetime relationship using long-term monitoring data on polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2746-2752

  Becker, Sara ^a   Halsall, Crispin J ^a   Macleod, Matthew ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^b   Jones, Kevin C ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIMES; ATMOSPHERIC RESIDENCE TIME; CLOSE PROXIMITIES; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS; FATE MODELS; GREAT LAKES; HIGH POPULATION DENSITIES; INTEGRATED ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION NETWORKS; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTS; LONG-TERM MONITORING; MONITORING STATIONS; NORTH AMERICANS; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; RE VOLATILIZATIONS; REMOTE LOCATIONS; REMOTE MONITORING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCES; TRACE-GASES; TRAVEL DISTANCES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PCB; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE TIME; TRACE GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MULTIMEDIA; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ARCTIC; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65249117384     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900336y     Document Type: Article

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