Articles | Volume 18, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16081-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16081-2018
Research article
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08 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 08 Nov 2018

Drivers of atmospheric deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at European high-altitude sites

Lourdes Arellano, Pilar Fernández, Barend L. van Drooge, Neil L. Rose, Ulrike Nickus, Hansjoerg Thies, Evzen Stuchlík, Lluís Camarero, Jordi Catalan, and Joan O. Grimalt

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Arellano, L., Fernández, P., Tatosova, J., Stuchlik, E., and Grimalt, J. O.: Long-Range Transported Atmospheric Pollutants in Snowpacks Accumulated at Different Altitudes in the Tatra Mountains (Slovakia), Environ. Sci. Technol., 45, 9268–9275, https://doi.org/10.1021/es202111n, 2011. 
Arellano, L., Fernández, P., López, J. F., Rose, N. L., Nickus, U., Thies, H. J., Stuchlik, E., Camarero, L., Catalan, J., and Grimalt, J. O.: Atmospheric deposition of polybromodiphenyl ethers in remote mountain regions of Europe, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 4441–4457, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-4441-2014, 2014. 
Arellano, L., Fernández, P., Fonts, R., Rose, N. L., Nickus, U., Thies, H. J., Stuchlik, E., Camarero, L., Catalan, J., and Grimalt, J. O.: Increasing and Decreasing Trends of the Atmospheric Deposition of Organochlorine Compounds in European Remote Areas during the Last Decade, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 6069–6085, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6069-2015, 2015. 
Arellano, L., Fernández, P., and Grimalt, J. O.: PAH Atmospheric Deposition in High Mountain Lakes, available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/171874, last access: 6 November 2018. 
Armstrong, B., Hutchinson, E., Unwin, J., and Fletcher, T.: Lung Cancer Risk after Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydroarbons: A review and Meta-Analysis, Environ. Health Persp., 112, 970–978, https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.6895, 2004. 
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Mountain areas are key for studying the impact of diffuse pollution due to human activities on the continental areas. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), human carcinogens with increased levels since the 1950s, are significant constituents of this pollution. We determined PAHs in monthly atmospheric deposition collected in European high mountain areas. The number of sites, period of study and sampling frequency provide the most comprehensive description of PAH fallout at remote sites.
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