Atmospheric deposition of persistent organic pollutants to the East Rongbuk Glacier in the Himalayas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-63

  Kang, Jung Ho ^a   Choi, Sung Deuk ^b   Park, Hyokeun ^a   Baek, Song Yee ^a   Hong, Sungmin ^c   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Long range atmospheric transport; Persistent organic pollutants; Snow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HIGH ALTITUDE; HIGH MOUNTAINS; HIMALAYAS; LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MONSOON SEASON; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PCB CONGENERS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SEASONAL TRENDS; SNOW SAMPLES; SOURCE REGION; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SNOW;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DDT; MONSOON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWPACK; TRAJECTORY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLACIER; INDIA; METABOLITE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; SEASONS; SNOW; TIBET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350622053     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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