KOMPRDA, Jiří, Klára KUBOŠOVÁ, Alice DVORSKÁ, Martin SCHERINGER, Jana KLÁNOVÁ and Ivan HOLOUBEK. Application of an unsteady state environmental distribution model to a decadal time series of PAH concentrations in Central Europe. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009, 11/2009, No 2, p. 269-276. ISSN 1464-0325. |
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@article{813656, author = {Komprda, Jiří and Kubošová, Klára and Dvorská, Alice and Scheringer, Martin and Klánová, Jana and Holoubek, Ivan}, article_location = {UK}, article_number = {2}, keywords = {Model; fugacity; PAHs; POPs; emission; soil; Košetice; aging}, language = {eng}, issn = {1464-0325}, journal = {Journal of Environmental Monitoring}, title = {Application of an unsteady state environmental distribution model to a decadal time series of PAH concentrations in Central Europe}, volume = {11/2009}, year = {2009} }
TY - JOUR ID - 813656 AU - Komprda, Jiří - Kubošová, Klára - Dvorská, Alice - Scheringer, Martin - Klánová, Jana - Holoubek, Ivan PY - 2009 TI - Application of an unsteady state environmental distribution model to a decadal time series of PAH concentrations in Central Europe JF - Journal of Environmental Monitoring VL - 11/2009 IS - 2 SP - 269-276 EP - 269-276 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry SN - 14640325 KW - Model KW - fugacity KW - PAHs KW - POPs KW - emission KW - soil KW - Košetice KW - aging N2 - To explain observed decadal trends in concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil at the Košetice observatory, Czech Republic, an environmental distribution model for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) based on the fugacity approach was developed. Weekly air concentrations were used as input data for the unsteady state model and concentrations in soil were calculated. In general, agreement between measured and predicted soil concentrations of PAHs was observed. Temporal trends in PAH concentrations in Košetice can be related to changes in residential heating. Predicted soil concentrations of PAHs are in good agreement with observed data. The results from our dynamic multicompartmental model confirmed our hypothesis about unsteady state conditions between the air and soil, and suggested that a commonly used simple steady state model should be only applied as a predictive tool in a small region when local sources and sinks well described. ER -
KOMPRDA, Jiří, Klára KUBOŠOVÁ, Alice DVORSKÁ, Martin SCHERINGER, Jana KLÁNOVÁ and Ivan HOLOUBEK. Application of an unsteady state environmental distribution model to a decadal time series of PAH concentrations in Central Europe. \textit{Journal of Environmental Monitoring}. UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009, 11/2009, No~2, p.~269-276. ISSN~1464-0325.
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