Variations of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in atmosphere of the Tibetan Plateau: Role of the monsoon system

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 2518-2523

  Gong, Ping ^a   Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Sheng, Jiujiang ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Lhasa; Local emission; Monsoon transport; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

AIR CIRCULATION; AIR SAMPLERS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; ENDOSULFANS; GLOBAL TRANSPORT; INDIAN MONSOON; LOCAL EMISSIONS; MONSOON SYSTEM; NATURAL LOGARITHMS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RECIPROCAL TEMPERATURE; TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WEAK CORRELATION;

ALGEBRA; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DDT; ENDOSULFAN; HCH; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MONSOON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHY; MONSOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 77953621827     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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