Aerosol-Mediated Transport and Deposition of Brominated Diphenyl Ethers to Antarctica

• Published in: Environmental Science & Technology
• Main Authors: Dickhut, Rebecca, Cincinelli, Alessandra, Cochran, Michel, Kylin, Henrik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Linköpings universitet, Tema vatten i natur och samhälle 2012
• Subjects: Polybromerade difenyletrar; PBDE; långväga lufttransport; Environmental Sciences; Miljövetenskap; Other Chemistry Topics; Annan kemi; Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning; Oceanography; Hydrology and Water Resources; Oceanografi; hydrologi och vattenresurser; Antarctic; Austral; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Rothera; Rothera Research Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-75967; https://doi.org/10.1021/es204375p

Brominated diphenyl ethers (BDE47, 99, 100, and 209) were measured in air, snow and sea ice throughout western Antarctica between 2001 and 2007. BDEs in Antarctic air were predominantly associated with aerosols and were low compared to those in remote regions of the northern hemisphere, except in Ma...