Publication details
Observation and origin of organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the free troposphere over central Europe
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Environmental Pollution |
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| Web | http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/fileadmin/staff/lammelgerhard/_9846Lammel_EP09.pdf |
| Field | Air pollution and control |
| Keywords | Persistent organic pollutants; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Free troposphere; Long-range transport |
| Description | On Zugspitze (2670 m a.s.l.), Alps, higher concentrations were observed during a winter than during a summer measurement campaign of PAHs, chlorobenzenes (43.6 vs. 2.0 pg/m3) and DDTs (3.7 vs. 1.2 pg/m3), while hexachlorocyclohexanes and PCBs were found at similar levels. The PCB, HCH and DDT levels are among the lowest ever reported from outside the Arctic. Photochemical lifetimes corresponding to kOH < 1.5 are found for ppDDT, kOH < 0.75 for ppDDE and kOH < 1.0 (1012 cm3/molec/s) for ppDDD. |
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