Does wet precipitation represent local and regional atmospheric transportation by perfluorinated alkyl substances?

Environment International

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-32

  Taniyasu, Sachi ^a   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^a   Moon, Hyo Bang ^b   Kwok, Karen Y ^c   Lam, Paul K S ^c   Horii, Yuichi ^d   Petrick, Gert ^e   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN SAITAMA   (Japan)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Global transport; Long range transport; Perfluorinated alkyl substances; Precipitation; Snow core; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; LASERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; DEPOSITIONAL FLUXES; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; GLOBAL TRANSPORT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

SNOW;

ALCOHOL; ALKYL GROUP; FLUOROCARBON; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROALKYLCARBOXYLATE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONATE; RAIN; SEA WATER; SNOW; SNOW CORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUOROCARBON; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); VERTICAL PROFILE; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; FREEZING; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WET DEPOSITION; WET PRECIPITATION;

CHUBU; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; MOUNT TATEYAMA; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOYAMA [CHUBU]; TSUKUBA;

EID: 84875066572     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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