Articles | Volume 18, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12877-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12877-2018
Research article
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06 Sep 2018
Research article |  | 06 Sep 2018

Are atmospheric PBDE levels declining in central Europe? Examination of the seasonal and semi-long-term variations, gas–particle partitioning and implications for long-range atmospheric transport

Céline Degrendele, Jake Wilson, Petr Kukučka, Jana Klánová, and Gerhard Lammel

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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are persistent organic pollutants present in the global environment. This study, reporting on their atmospheric behaviour in central Europe, has shown that none of the three investigated gas–particle partitioning models provided a satisfactory prediction, highlighting the need for a model that is universally applicable. Finally, this study tends to show that the debromination from high to low brominated congeners, enhanced by photolysis, is important.
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