Occurrence and seasonality of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes in arctic air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 502-509

  Krogseth, Ingjerd S ^a,b   Kierkegaard, Amelie ^c   McLachlan, Michael S ^c   Breivik, Knut ^a,d   Hansen, Kaj M ^e   Schlabach, Martin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AIR-SAMPLING METHODS; ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; EULERIAN; HIGH LATITUDES; OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; OH RADICAL; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; REMOTE AREAS; SAMPLING TIME; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONALITY; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BALLOONS; FREE RADICALS;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SILOXANE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SEASONALITY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASONS; SILOXANES; VOLATILIZATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84871741818     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3040208     Document Type: Article

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