Deposition of organochlorine pesticides into the surface snow of East Antarctica

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 290-295

  Kang, Jung Ho ^a   Son, Min Hee ^b   Hur, Soon Do ^a   Hong, Sungmin ^c   Motoyama, Hideaki ^d   Fukui, Kotaro ^e   Chang, Yoon Seok ^b  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Long range atmospheric transport; Organochlorine pesticides; Spatial distribution; Surface snow

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; COASTAL REGIONS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; EAST ANTARCTICA; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; LOW LEVEL; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS; SAMPLING POINTS; SAMPLING SITE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE SNOW; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; PESTICIDES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SNOW;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SNOW;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HCH; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY;

AIR SAMPLING; ALTITUDE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIAN OCEAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; SNOW;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84863738406     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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