On the contribution of biomass burning to POPs (PAHs and PCDDs) in air in Africa

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11616-11624

  Lammel, G ^a,b   Heil, A ^c   Stemmler, I ^a,d   Dvorska A ^b,e   Klanova J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,3 ,7 ,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; HEPTACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS; OCTACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TETRACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FIRES; PYRENE; TOXIC MATERIALS; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZO[A]PYRENE; FLUORANTHENE; OCTACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; OZONE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FIRE BEHAVIOR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OZONE; PAH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL POLLUTION;

AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FIRE; FOREST; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RURAL AREA; SAVANNA; VEGETATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA; AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BENZOFURANS; BIOMASS; FIRES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84886918846     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401499q     Document Type: Article

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