Source regions of some persistent organic pollutants measured in the atmosphere at Birkenes, Norway

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6597-6610

  Eckhardt, S ^a   Breivik, K ^a,b   Li, Y F ^c,d   Mano S ^a   Stohl, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HCH; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB;

NORWAY;

EID: 75449102214     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-6597-2009     Document Type: Article

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