Do trans-Pacific air masses deliver PBDEs to coastal British Columbia, Canada?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3404-3412

  Noël, Marie ^a,b   Dangerfield, Neil ^a   Hourston, Roy A S ^a   Belzer, Wayne ^c   Shaw, Pat ^c   Yunker, Mark B ^d   Ross, Peter S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; British Columbia; Deposition; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DEPOSITION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; URBAN GROWTH;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); PRIORITY POLLUTANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RAIN;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; NORTH AMERICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASON; URBAN AREA; VAPOR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; NORTH AMERICA; RAIN;

EID: 74249108240     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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