The spatial distribution and potential sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) over the Asian marginal seas and the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Yue ^a   Zhang, Yan Lin ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Gioia, Rosalinda ^b   Zhang, Gan ^a   Li, Xiang Dong ^c   Spiro, Baruch ^d   Bhatia, Ravinder S ^e   Jones, Kevin C ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e JOINT ALMA OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIR SAMPLES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS-BURNING; COMBUSTION EMISSIONS; FLUORENES; GASEOUS PHASE; GASPHASE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MARGINAL SEAS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PAH EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POTENTIAL IMPACTS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPATIAL TRENDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; EMISSION INVENTORY; MARGINAL SEA; PAH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST CHINA SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84859717335     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016585     Document Type: Article

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