Monsoon-driven transport of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls to the tibetan plateau: Three year atmospheric monitoring study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3199-3208

  Sheng, Jiujiang ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Gong, Ping ^a   Joswiak, Daniel R ^a   Tian, Lide ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; QUINTOZENE; RAIN;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CANYON; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HCH; MASS TRANSPORT; MONSOON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLAR REGION; SEASONALITY;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; HUMIDITY; INDIA; PRECIPITATION; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; LINDANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; TIBET; TRANSPORTATION; VOLATILIZATION;

ALPS; BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY; CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84875788383     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es305201s     Document Type: Article

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