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Distribution of persistent organic pollutants in surface snow from the east Antartica

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Title
Distribution of persistent organic pollutants in surface snow from the east Antartica
Authors
Kang, Jung-Ho
Hur, Soon Do
Chang, Yoon-seock
Keywords
HBCHCHsPOPs
Issue Date
2014
Citation
Kang, Jung-Ho, Hur, Soon Do, Chang, Yoon-seock. 2014. Distribution of persistent organic pollutants in surface snow from the east Antartica. SCAR 2014 OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE Auckland. New Zealand. 2014.08.23-09.03.
Abstract
A series of evaporation and deposition, a long-range atmospheric transport, and a cold condensation process is important processes to widespread distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants(POPs) in remote polar regions. The atmospheric POPs from the source regions could be deposited into the surface snow in Antarctica. However, the data of the snow concentration of POPs are limited than other environmental matrixes. In the present work, we report the concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in the surface snow samples obtained from the East Antarctica between 2011 and 2013. The concentrations of HCHs and HBC in the East Antarctic snow were low compared to those in remote regions of the northern hemisphere. Our previous snow concentrations of POPs from Dome Fuji and Dome A were compared to those od the present studies. Our results indicate that the surface snow in East Antarctica contains low levels of POPs, which could affect Antarctic ecosystem.
Conference Name
SCAR 2014 OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE Auckland
Conference Place
New Zealand
Conference Date
2014.08.23-09.03
Type
Poster
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2014-2016, Investigation of Climate Change Mechanism by Observation and Simulation of Polar Climate for The Past and Present (14-16) / Kim, Seong-Joong (PE14010; PE15010; PE16010)
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