Source regions of POPs measured in the atmosphere

Source regions of some Persistent Organic Pollutants measured in the atmosphere at Birkenes, Norway S. Eckhardt, K. Breivik, Y. F. Li, S. Manø, and A. Stohl Norwegian Institute for Air Research, P.O. Box 100, 2027 Kjeller, Norway University of Oslo, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 1033, 0315 Oslo, Norway Air Quality Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Received: 3 April 2009 – Accepted: 13 May 2009 – Published: 20 May 2009 Correspondence to: S. Eckhardt ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.