Atmospheric fate of poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs): II. Emission source strength in summer in Zurich, Switzerland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue , 2012, Pages 204-209

  Wang, Zhanyun ^a   Scheringer, Martin ^a   MacLeod, Matthew ^b   Bogdal, Christian ^a   Müller, Claudia E ^a,c   Gerecke, Andreas C ^c   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diel pattern; Emission source strength; Fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs); Nocturnal boundary layer; Perfluorooctane sulfonamides (FOSAs)

Indexed keywords

DIEL PATTERNS; EMISSION SOURCE STRENGTH; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMIDES;

FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; N ETHYL PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; N METHYL PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROALKYL DERIVATIVE; POLYFLUOROALKYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; MASS BALANCE; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SUMMER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CITY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DAYTIME; EMISSION SOURCE STRENGTH; MULTIMEDIA MASS BALANCE MODEL; NIGHT; PERIODICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; SWITZERLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 84863793574     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.03.037     Document Type: Article

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