Proximity to Potential Sources and Mountain Cold-trapping of Semi-volatile Organic Contaminants

• Main Author: Westgate, John Norman
• Other Authors: Wania, Frank, Chemistry
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Subjects: semi-volatile; contaminants; airshed; trajectory; mountain; cold-trapping; pertingency; receptor model; back-trajectory; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; polychlorinated biphenyl; box model; brominated flame retardant; BFR; PCB; PAH; SVOC; geodesic; trajectory statistic; 0485; 0768; Yukon; Fox Lake; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/36064

If sufficiently persistent, semi-volatile organic contaminants (SVOCs) can travel long distances through the atmosphere from their points of release and become concentrated in cold, remote regions. As air is sampled for SVOCs to establish both their presence and the success of emission reduction eff...