Spatial distribution of the persistent organic pollutants across the Tibetan  Plateau and its linkage with the climate systems: a 5-year air monitoring  study

Wang, Xiaoping; Ren, Jiao; Gong, Ping; Wang, Chuanfei; Xue, Yonggang; Yao, Tandong; Lohmann, Rainer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6901-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6901-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6901-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

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06 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 06 Jun 2016

Spatial distribution of the persistent organic pollutants across the Tibetan Plateau and its linkage with the climate systems: a 5-year air monitoring study

Xiaoping Wang, Jiao Ren, Ping Gong, Chuanfei Wang, Yonggang Xue, Tandong Yao, and Rainer Lohmann

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Is there any linkage between climate interactions and spatial distribution of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)? To answer this question, we conducted long-term passive air monitoring across the Tibetan Plateau. We found that there are three graphical zones over the Tibetan Plateau that could be classified as a function of POP fingerprints. This study highlights validity of using POP fingerprints as chemical tracers to track the interactions of climate systems.