Annual cycles of organochlorine pesticide enantiomers in Arctic air suggest changing sources and pathways

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1411-1420

  Bidleman, T F ^a,b   Jantunen, L M ^b   Hung, H ^b   Ma, J ^c   Stern, G A ^d   Rosenberg, B ^d   Racine, J ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 84922646712     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-1411-2015     Document Type: Article

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