Observation and origin of organochlorine compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the free troposphere over central Europe

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3264-3271

  Lammel, Gerhard ^a,b   Klánová, Jana ^a   Kohoutek, Jiří ^a   Prokeš, Roman ^a   Ries, Ludwig ^c   Stohl, Andreas ^d  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Free troposphere; Long range transport; Persistent organic pollutants; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TROPOSPHERE;

BOUNDARY LAYER AIR; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE DISPERSION MODEL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; CORONENE; DIBENZ[A,C]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; MITOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DDT; DISPERSION; HCH; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PCB; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME DISPERSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

ALPS; BAVARIA; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; GERMANY; WETTERSTEIN MOUNTAINS; ZUGSPITZE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEASONS;

EID: 74649083316     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.028     Document Type: Article

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