Precipitation scavenging of particle-bound contaminants - A case study of PCDD/Fs

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 6084-6090

  McLachlan, Michael S ^a   Sellström, Ulla ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bulk deposition; PCDD F; Precipitation scavenging; Scavenging factor; Soot

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BULK DEPOSITIONS; DEGREE OF CHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIELD STUDIES; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; GROUND LEVEL; IN-CLOUD TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PCDD/F; PCDD/FS; PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING; SCAVENGING RATIOS; SOOT CONCENTRATION;

AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOOT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHLORINATION; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCDD; PCDF; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SOOT;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCULATION; CHLORINATION; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHASE PARTITIONING; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SOOT; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 71549129310     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.037     Document Type: Article

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