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Gioia, Rosalinda; Macleod, Matthew; Castro-jimenez, Javier; Nizzetto, Luca; Dachs, Jordi; Lohmann, Rainer; Jones, Kevin C.. |
A diel (24-h) cycle with daytime atmospheric concentrations higher than nighttime concentrations by a factor of 1.5-3 was observed for several low molecular weight polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in remote areas of the tropical South Atlantic during a cruise in October-November 2005. In contrast, high molecular weight PCBs and PAHs did not display diurnal variability. A model which has successfully explained diel variability of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) over land could not reproduce the observed diel cycle by considering variability in temperature, atmospheric OH radical concentrations, atmospheric boundary layer height and wind speed as causal factors. We used the model to conduct two bounding... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Diurnal cycle; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); South Atlantic. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00645/75721/76676.pdf |
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