Emissions, fate and transport of persistent organic pollutants to the arctic in a changing global climate

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2323-2330

  Wöhrnschimmel, Henry ^a   Macleod, Matthew ^b   Hungerbuhler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CASE-STUDIES; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSION PATTERN; EMISSION SCENARIO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HUMAN ECONOMICS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRIMARY EMISSIONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; ECONOMICS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; WATER;

AGROCHEMICAL; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ARABLE LAND; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MULTIMEDIA; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84874622895     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304646n     Document Type: Article

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