Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in remote European and Atlantic sites located above the boundary mixing layer
2010
Abstract
Ambient air concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were determined at five elevated mountain sites on the European continent and the Atlantic Ocean. All sites can be considered remote background areas since they are situated above the timberline and they lack local emission sources of these compounds.
Average gas phase concentrations of I PAH pound were 165, 1,475, 1,553, 1,822 and 4,443 pg m(-3) for Tenerife, Pyrenees, Central Norway, Tyrolean Alps and High Tatras, respectively.