Long-Range and Regional Atmospheric Transport of POPs and Implications for Global Cycling
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Analytical Techniques, Environmental Fate and Biological Effects. ed. / Eddy Zeng. Vol. 67 1. ed. Elsevier B.V., 2015. p. 363-387 (Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry; Vol. 67).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Long-Range and Regional Atmospheric Transport of POPs and Implications for Global Cycling
AU - Hageman, Kimberley
AU - Bogdal, Christian
AU - Scheringer, Martin
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - One of the critical properties that define persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is a tendency toward wide-scale distribution in the environment. Atmospheric transport is one of the mechanisms through which this distribution occurs. Due to long-range atmospheric transport, POPs have been found in some of the most remote regions on Earth, including the Arctic, the Antarctic, and in high mountains. The latitudinal and long-term distribution of POPs on a global scale is controlled by a combination of thermodynamic temperature-driven processes, kinetically controlled advective phase-transfer reactions, and the degradation or transformation of POPs in environmental media. In addition to these processes, local and regional meteorology can greatly affect the distribution of POPs in mountains. From both a scientific and regulatory standpoint, it is often important to determine the geographic and emission sources of POPs. A number of approaches for identifying the sources of POPs in remote ecosystems are described herein.
AB - One of the critical properties that define persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is a tendency toward wide-scale distribution in the environment. Atmospheric transport is one of the mechanisms through which this distribution occurs. Due to long-range atmospheric transport, POPs have been found in some of the most remote regions on Earth, including the Arctic, the Antarctic, and in high mountains. The latitudinal and long-term distribution of POPs on a global scale is controlled by a combination of thermodynamic temperature-driven processes, kinetically controlled advective phase-transfer reactions, and the degradation or transformation of POPs in environmental media. In addition to these processes, local and regional meteorology can greatly affect the distribution of POPs in mountains. From both a scientific and regulatory standpoint, it is often important to determine the geographic and emission sources of POPs. A number of approaches for identifying the sources of POPs in remote ecosystems are described herein.
KW - Chemistry
KW - Chemical fate modeling
KW - Global distribution
KW - Mountain cold trapping
KW - Multimedia partitioning
KW - Postdepositional fate
KW - Source determination
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84924211555&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-63299-9.00011-9
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-63299-9.00011-9
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-0-444-63299-9
VL - 67
T3 - Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry
SP - 363
EP - 387
BT - Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
A2 - Zeng, Eddy
PB - Elsevier B.V.
ER -