Publication details
A fate and transport ocean model for persistent organic pollutants and its application for the North Sea
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of Marine Systems |
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| Field | Environment influence on health |
| Keywords | Persistent organic pollutants; Transport; Fate; Modelling; Lindane; North Sea |
| Description | An ocean model (FANTOM) has been developed to investigate the fate of selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the North Sea. The main focus of the model is on quantifying the distribution of POPs and their aquatic pathways within the North Sea. Key processes are threedimensional transport of POPs with ocean currents, diffusive air/sea exchange, wet and dry atmospheric depositions, phase partitioning, degradation, and net sedimentation in bottomsediments. This is the first time that a spatially resolved, measurements based ocean transport model has been used to study POP like substances, at least on the regional scale. |
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