Modeling urban films using a dynamic multimedia fugacity model

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1024-1031

  Csiszar, Susan A ^a   Diamond, Miriam L ^a   Thibodeaux, Louis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multimedia modeling; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Semi volatile organic compounds; Surface films; Unsteady state systems; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

FILM GROWTH; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; STORMS; THIN FILMS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MULTIMEDIA MODELING; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE FILMS; UNSTEADY STATE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STORM WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DYNAMICS; FILM; MULTIMEDIA; POLLUTANT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84859156881     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.044     Document Type: Article

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