Scavenging ratios of polycyclic aromatic compounds in rain and snow in the Athabasca oil sands region

Zhang, L.; Cheng, I.; Muir, D.; Charland, J.-P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1421-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1421-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1421-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

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10 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 10 Feb 2015

Scavenging ratios of polycyclic aromatic compounds in rain and snow in the Athabasca oil sands region

L. Zhang, I. Cheng, D. Muir, and J.-P. Charland

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RC C6216: 'Review of the manuscript No. acp-2014-419', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Aug 2014
- AC C7458: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Leiming Zhang, 26 Sep 2014
RC C6587: 'Referee Comment - acp-2014-419 Scavenging ratio of polycyclic aromatic compounds in rain and snow at the Athabasca oil sands region', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Sep 2014
- AC C7415: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Leiming Zhang, 25 Sep 2014

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AR by Leiming Zhang on behalf of the Authors (07 Oct 2014) Author's response Manuscript

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RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (25 Nov 2014)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (27 Nov 2014) by Allan Bertram

AR by Leiming Zhang on behalf of the Authors (17 Dec 2014) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Dec 2014) by Allan Bertram

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (06 Jan 2015)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (10 Jan 2015) by Allan Bertram

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This study analyzed air and precipitation concentrations of 43 polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) collected in the Athabasca oil sands region. A database has been built for the parameter scavenging ratio, which is defined as the ratio of the concentration of PACs in precipitation to that in air. A better understanding of the potential differences between gas and particulate scavenging and between snow and rain scavenging has been achieved.