Proceedings of AMAP Workshop on Sources, Emissions and Discharges. Kjeller, 23-24 August 2001.
This document provides information on sources, emissions and discharges of contaminants measured in the Arctic environment. This information was obtained at the AMAP Workshop on Sources, Emissions, and Discharges,organized at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, in Kjeller, Norway from 23 throu...
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ftnilu:oai:nilu.brage.unit.no:11250/2717317 2023-07-30T03:55:55+02:00 Proceedings of AMAP Workshop on Sources, Emissions and Discharges. Kjeller, 23-24 August 2001. Pacyna, Jozef M 2002 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2717317 eng eng NILU NILU OR NILU OR; 03/2002 NILU:100079 urn:isbn:82-425-1331-7 urn:issn:0807-7207 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2717317 © NILU 03/2002 Miljøgifter Research report 2002 ftnilu 2023-07-08T19:54:29Z This document provides information on sources, emissions and discharges of contaminants measured in the Arctic environment. This information was obtained at the AMAP Workshop on Sources, Emissions, and Discharges,organized at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, in Kjeller, Norway from 23 through 24 August, 2001. The purpose of the Workshop was to contribute to the assessment of current and future sources and emissions of chemicals worldwide. Another objective was to review the application of knowledge of emissions and sources ofheavy metals in modelling their transport within air masses and water currents to the Arctic region. It can be concluded that sources in Asia may have an important influence on the concentrations of heavy metals in various environmental compartments in the Arctic. The atmospheric transport seems to be the main pathway for Hg entering the Arctic region. The opposite is true for Zn. For Pb and Cd the atmospheric transport and the riverine pathway are equally important. However, one should be cautioned that the above mentioned conclusions need further verification. Report AMAP Arctic NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research: NILU Brage Arctic Norway |
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This document provides information on sources, emissions and discharges of contaminants measured in the Arctic environment. This information was obtained at the AMAP Workshop on Sources, Emissions, and Discharges,organized at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, in Kjeller, Norway from 23 through 24 August, 2001. The purpose of the Workshop was to contribute to the assessment of current and future sources and emissions of chemicals worldwide. Another objective was to review the application of knowledge of emissions and sources ofheavy metals in modelling their transport within air masses and water currents to the Arctic region. It can be concluded that sources in Asia may have an important influence on the concentrations of heavy metals in various environmental compartments in the Arctic. The atmospheric transport seems to be the main pathway for Hg entering the Arctic region. The opposite is true for Zn. For Pb and Cd the atmospheric transport and the riverine pathway are equally important. However, one should be cautioned that the above mentioned conclusions need further verification. |
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Proceedings of AMAP Workshop on Sources, Emissions and Discharges. Kjeller, 23-24 August 2001. |
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Proceedings of AMAP Workshop on Sources, Emissions and Discharges. Kjeller, 23-24 August 2001. |
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