Introducing an integrated climate change perspective in POPs modelling, monitoring and regulation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1971-1980

  Lamon, L ^a,c   Dalla Valle, M ^a,b   Critto, A ^b,c   Marcomini, A ^a,c  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b VEGA   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Modelling; Monitoring; POPs; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SPECIES; CHEMICALS MANAGEMENTS; CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DATA SETS; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GLOBAL EFFECTS; INTER ANNUALS; INTERNATIONAL POLICIES; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LONG-TERM MONITORING; MODELLING; MODELLING TOOLS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPS; REGULATION; SEDIMENT CORES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

HYDROXYL RADICAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTION MONITORING; RECONSTRUCTION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349091005     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.016     Document Type: Review

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