Occurrence of Volatile and Semi-Volatile Organic Pollutants in the Russian Arctic Atmosphere: The International Siberian Shelf Study Expedition (ISSS-2020)

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Dmitry S. Kosyakov, Irina S. Shavrina, Nikolay V. Ul’yanovskii, Dmitry E. Lakhmanov, Albert T. Lebedev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: Russian Arctic; Arctic ocean; air pollution; volatile organic compounds; semi-volatile organic compounds; gas chromatography; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; White Sea; East Siberian Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12060767; https://doaj.org/article/16969c7672214aefb2d1550eaeea33fe

Environmental issues in the Arctic region are of primary importance due to the fragility of the Arctic ecosystem. Mainly persistent organic compounds are monitored in the region by nine stationary laboratories. Information on the volatile (VOC) and semi volatile (SVOC) organic priority pollutants is...