Distribution and air-sea exchange of organochlorine pesticides in the North Pacific and the Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Cai, Minghong ^a,b   Ma, Yuxin ^a,b   Xie, Zhiyong ^c   Zhong, Guangcai ^c   Möller, Axel ^c   Yang, Haizhen ^b   Sturm, Renate ^c   He, Jianfeng ^a   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^c   Meng, Xiang Zhou ^b  

^a POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ICEBREAKERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PESTICIDES; SEA ICE; SEAWATER;

AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC RESEARCH; BOUNDARY LAYER AIR; COLD CONDENSATION; GAS EXCHANGE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HIGH LATITUDES; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; NORTH PACIFIC; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SEAWATER; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

ISOMERS;

AIR SAMPLING; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; GAS EXCHANGE; ICE BREAKER; ICE COVER; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; VOLATILIZATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84859454606     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016910     Document Type: Article

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