PCBs in the Arctic atmosphere: determining important driving forces using a  global atmospheric transport model

Friedman, Carey L.; Selin, Noelle E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3433-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3433-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3433-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

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16 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 16 Mar 2016

PCBs in the Arctic atmosphere: determining important driving forces using a global atmospheric transport model

Carey L. Friedman and Noelle E. Selin

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RC C10039: 'Review of the manuscript “PCBs in the Arctic atmosphere: determining important driving forces using a global atmospheric transport model” by C. L. Friedman and N. E. Selin', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Dec 2015
- RC C11197: 'Review acp-2015-659', Roland Kallenborn, 06 Jan 2016
  - AC C12861: 'Response to review by Roland Kallenborn', Carey Friedman, 01 Mar 2016
- AC C12853: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Carey Friedman, 01 Mar 2016

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We present a new global model to simulate the atmospheric transport of toxic contaminants (PCBs). We evaluate the model against PCB observations in the northern hemisphere midlatitude and Arctic atmosphere. We then use the model to calculate global budgets of PCBs and to examine the influence of climate- and emissions-driven processes on Arctic atmospheric concentrations. We find that processes occurring outside the Arctic have a greater influence on Arctic PCBs than those occurring within.