Air concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in 2002-2004 at a rural site in the Great Lakes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 39, 2009, Pages 6230-6237

  Su, Yushan ^a   Hung, Hayley ^a   Brice, Kenneth A ^a   Su, Ky ^a   Alexandrou, Nick ^a   Blanchard, Pierrette ^a   Chan, Elton ^a   Sverko, Ed ^a   Fellin, Phil ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b AIRZONE ONE LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; The Arctic; The Great Lakes

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR MASS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONGENER PROFILES; GAS/PARTICLE PARTITIONING; GASEOUS SPECIES; GREAT LAKES; HIGH ARCTIC; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; JUNGE-PANKOW MODEL; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR CORRELATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RURAL SITE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TIME PERIODS; URBAN AREAS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYACRYLATES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EMISSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PBDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VOLATILIZATION;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; POINT PETRE;

EID: 71649092737     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.034     Document Type: Article

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