Short-term variation in ambient concentrations and gas/particle partitioning of organochlorine pesticides in Izmir, Turkey

Sofuoglu A., Cetin E., Bozacioglu S., Sener G., ODABAŞI M.

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, vol.38, no.27, pp.4483-4493, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 38 Issue: 27
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.05.036
  • Journal Name: ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.4483-4493
  • Keywords: organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), gas/particle partitioning, temperature dependence, ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS, TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE, GREAT-LAKES, POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS, ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS, SURFACE EXCHANGE, TEMPORAL TRENDS, CHICAGO AIR, PCBS, COEFFICIENT
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Twenty successive daytime and nighttime air samples were collected and analyzed for 23 currently used and/banned organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) between 14 and 23 May 2003 in Izmir, Turkey. Average individual OCP concentrations ranged from 5 +/- 4 pg m(-3) (p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane) to 391 +/- 306 pg m(-3) (chlorpyrifos) and they were within the ranges previously measured at different sites.