Increasing and decreasing trends of the atmospheric deposition of organochlorine compounds in European remote areas during the last decade

Arellano, L.; Fernández, P.; Fonts, R.; Rose, N. L.; Nickus, U.; Thies, H.; Stuchlík, E.; Camarero, L.; Catalan, J.; Grimalt, J. O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6069-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6069-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6069-2015

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

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

Research article

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04 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 04 Jun 2015

Increasing and decreasing trends of the atmospheric deposition of organochlorine compounds in European remote areas during the last decade

L. Arellano, P. Fernández, R. Fonts, N. L. Rose, U. Nickus, H. Thies, E. Stuchlík, L. Camarero, J. Catalan, and J. O. Grimalt

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RC C524: 'reviewer comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Mar 2015
- AC C2423: 'authors' response', Pilar Fernandez, 11 May 2015
EC C2117: 'Minor comments for the ACPD paper', Leiming Zhang, 30 Apr 2015
- AC C2419: 'authors' response', Pilar Fernandez, 11 May 2015

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Short summary

Despite the regulations in the use of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs), an increase in atmospheric deposition fluxes of these pollutants in high-altitude mountain areas of Europe is observed for the period between 1996 and 2006. In contrast, atmospheric deposition of organochlorine pesticides showed a strong decrease. Volatilization from soils or melting glaciers related to climate change and the differences in physical–chemical properties between compounds may explain the observed temporal trend.