The gas/particle partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons collected at a sub-Arctic site in Canada

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 4919-4926

  Sofowote, Uwayemi M ^a   Hung, Hayley ^b   Rastogi, Ankit K ^a   Westgate, John N ^c   Su, Yushan ^b   Sverko, Ed ^b   D'Sa, Ivy ^b   Roach, Pat ^d   Fellin, Phil ^e   McCarry, Brian E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Government of Canada   (Canada)

^e AIRZONE ONE LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas particle partitioning; International polar year; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLES; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; GAS/PARTICLE PARTITIONING; GLASS FIBRES; GLOBAL PROJECTS; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; LOCAL IMPACTS; LOG CORRELATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE PARTITIONING; PHOTOTRANSFORMATIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; SAMPLING STATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUB-ARCTIC; VAPOUR PRESSURES; WINTER MONTHS;

AIR POLLUTION; AROMATIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GLASS FIBERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RETENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PAH; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY; TRANSFORMATION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CANADA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 77958168806     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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