Enantiomeric signatures of organochlorine pesticides in Asian, trans-pacific, and western U.S. air masses

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2806-2811

  Genualdi, Susan A ^a   Simonich, Staci L Massey ^a   Primbs, Toby K ^a   Bidleman, Terry F ^b   Jantunen, Liisa M ^b   Ryoo, Keon Sang ^c   Zhu, Tong ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Andong National University   (South Korea)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; AIR SAMPLINGS; CHIRAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE SOILS; ENANTIOMERIC FRACTIONS; FREE TROPOSPHERES; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATE; OLYMPICS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PACIFIC OCEANS; REMOTE LOCATIONS; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSPORT EVENTS; URBAN AREAS; WASHINGTON; WEST COASTS;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRUG PRODUCTS; LANDFORMS; OBSERVATORIES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PESTICIDES; SEAWATER; SOILS; TROPOSPHERE;

BUILDINGS;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; OBSERVATORY; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; PACIFIC OCEAN; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SOIL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PESTICIDES; STEREOISOMERISM; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; OKINAWA [OKINAWA ISLAND]; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 65249185479     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803402q     Document Type: Article

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