Fractionation and current time trends of PCB congeners: Evolvement of distributions 1950-2010 studied using a global atmosphere-ocean general circulation model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7199-7213

  Lammel, G ^a,b   Stemmler, I ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EMISSION CONTROL; FRACTIONATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PCB;

EID: 84868033597     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7199-2012     Document Type: Article

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