Statistical analysis of long-term monitoring data for persistent organic pollutants in the atmosphere at 20 monitoring stations broadly indicates declining concentrations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12492-12499

  Kong, Deguo ^a   Macleod, Matthew ^a   Hung, Hayley ^b   Cousins, Ian T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; POLLUTION DETECTION; TIME SERIES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; DIGITAL FILTRATION TECHNIQUES; LONG-TERM MONITORING DATUM; MONITORING STATIONS; OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONG TERM CARE; NORTH AMERICA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84908583751     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502909n     Document Type: Article

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