Vertical eddy diffusion as a key mechanism for removing perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from the global surface oceans

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 179, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-94

  Lohmann, Rainer ^a   Jurado, Elena ^b,c   Dijkstra, Henk A ^b   Dachs, Jordi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Global sink; Oceans; Organic pollutants; PFOA

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; EDDY DIFFUSIONS; GLOBAL SINK; OCEANS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PFOA; WATER COLUMNS;

DIFFUSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SURFACE WATER;

ACCUMULATION RATE; DIFFUSION; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VERTICAL EDDY DIFFUSION; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPRYLATES; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84877329526     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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