Atmospheric DDTs over the North Pacific Ocean and the adjacent Arctic region: Spatial distribution, congener patterns and source implication

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 4319-4326

  Ding, Xiang ^a,c   Wang, Xin Ming ^a   Wang, Qiao Yun ^a,d   Xie, Zhou Qing ^b   Xiang, Cai Hong ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a   Sun, Li Guang ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic; DDTs; Far East Asia; North Pacific ocean

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; ARCTIC; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC RESEARCH; BOHAI SEA; CONGENER PATTERN; DDTS; DICOFOL; EAST ASIA; FAR EAST ASIA; HIGH ARCTIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ESTIMATION METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ARCTIC; ASIA; BOHAI SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 67651039334     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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