Field evaluation of a flow-through sampler for measuring pesticides and brominated flame retardants in the arctic atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 7669-7676

  Xiao, Hang ^a,b   Hung, Hayley ^a   Wania, Frank ^b   Lao, Randy ^b   Sabljic, Edwin ^c   Sverko, Ed ^a   Lei, Ying Duan ^b   Fellin, Phil ^d   Barresi, Enzo ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d AIRZONE ONE LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SAMPLERS; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BLOWING SNOW; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; FIELD EVALUATION; FLOWTHROUGH; HIGH ARCTIC; HIGH-VOLUME AIR SAMPLINGS; LARGE PARTICLES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REMOTE LOCATION; SAMPLE VOLUME; SAMPLING VOLUME; TIME-SCALES; TRACE COMPOUNDS; VARIABLE CONCENTRATION;

ATMOSPHERICS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

PESTICIDES;

FLAME RETARDANT; ICE; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICLE SIZE; PBDE; PESTICIDE; SAMPLER; SNOW;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; FLOW THROUGH SAMPLER; SAMPLER;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; ISOMERISM; PESTICIDES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 84863901638     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301481w     Document Type: Article

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