Diurnal fluctuations in polybrominated diphenyl ether concentrations during and after a severe dust storm episode in Kuwait City, Kuwait

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8114-8120

  Gevao, Bondi ^a   Jaward, Foday M ^d   Macleod, Matthew ^b   Jones, Kevin C ^c  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; DAYTIME CONCENTRATION; DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS; DIURNAL PATTERN; DUST STORM; GASPHASE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SOLAR FLUX; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

DUST; ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYACRYLATES; STORMS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ETHER; GAS PHASE REACTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PHOTOLYSIS; STORM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; KUWAIT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; CLIMATIC PROCESSES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; KUWAIT; PERIODICITY;

EID: 78549271770     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101148j     Document Type: Article

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