Atmospheric concentrations of DDTs and chlordanes measured from Shanghai, China to the Arctic Ocean during the Third China Arctic Research Expedition in 2008

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3750-3757

  Wu, Xiaoguo ^a,b   Lam, James C W ^a   Xia, Chonghuan ^a,b   Kang, Hui ^b   Xie, Zhouqing ^a,b   Lam, Paul K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Atmospheric concentration; Chlordanes; DDT; Marine boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ISOMERS; MIXTURES; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CHLORDANES; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CHLORDANE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ICE BREAKER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MELTING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOBILIZATION; SEA ICE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; ISOMER; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SHANGHAI;

EID: 79958022686     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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