Distribution, regional sources and deposition fluxes of organochlorine pesticides in precipitation in Guangzhou, South China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Huang, De Yin ^a,b   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Xu, Yi Gang ^a   Sun, Cui Xiang ^b   Deng, Hong Mei ^c   Deng, Yun Yun ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Shanghai Academy of Public Measurement   (China)

Author keywords

Deposition flux; Distribution; Guangzhou; OCPs; Precipitation; Source

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; EASTERN CHINA; ENDOSULFANS; GUANGZHOU; GUANGZHOU , CHINA; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MONITORING PERIODS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PEARL RIVER; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VOLUME-WEIGHTED MEANS; WET DEPOSITION; WET DEPOSITION FLUX; WINTER MONSOON;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ANTIFOULING PAINT; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; FOULING; SHIPS;

PESTICIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDD; DDT; DETECTION METHOD; ENDOSULFAN; HCH; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WET DEPOSITION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77953811511     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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