Spatial and temporal variation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the arctic atmosphere.

• Published in: Environmental Science & Technology
• Main Authors: Halsall, Crispin J., Barrie, Leonard A., Fellin, P., Muir, D. C. G., Rovinski, F. Y., Kononov, E. Y., Pastukhov, B. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Arctic; Pacific; Tagish
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/21791/; https://doi.org/10.1021/es970342d

In the first multi-year arctic air sampling program, PAHs were sampled (vapor and particulate) every week at three locations in the Canadian and Russian Arctic. Data are presented here for the years 1992−1994. The geometric mean ∑PAH concentrations (where ∑ = 16 compounds) for 1993 ranged from 249 t...