Changing sources and environmental factors reduce the rates of decline of organochlorine pesticides in the Arctic atmosphere

An extensive database of organochlorine (OC) pesticide concentrations measured at the Norwegian Arctic monitoring station at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, was analysed to assess longer-term trends in the Arctic atmosphere. Dynamic Harmonic Regression (DHR) is employed to investigate the seasonal and cyclica...

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Main Authors: S. Becker, C. J. Halsall, W. Tych, R. Kallenborn, M. Schlabach, S. Manø
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-05-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/12/4033/2012/acp-12-4033-2012.pdf