Recent trends of persistent organic pollutants in air in central Europe. Air monitoring in combination with air mass trajectory statistics as a tool to study the effectivity of regional chemical policy

• Authors: DVORSKÁ Alice; LAMMEL Gerhard; HOLOUBEK Ivan
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Atmospheric Environment
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Air pollution and control
• Keywords: Persistent organic pollutants; Air mass trajectories statistics; Quantitative evaluation; Chemical policy; Emissions
• Description: We use air mass back trajectory analysis of persistent organic pollutant (POP) levels monitored at a regional background site, Kosetice, Czech Republic, as a tool to study the effectiveness of emission reduction measures taken in the last decade in the region.

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