Evidence for the “grasshopper” effect and fractionation during long-range atmospheric transport of organic contaminants

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 128; no. 1; pp. 139 - 148
• Main Authors: Gouin, T., Mackay, D., Jones, K.C., Harner, T., Meijer, S.N.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2004; Elsevier
• Subjects: Air Movements; Air Pollutants - chemistry; Air Pollution; Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; Chemical Fractionation; Environmental Monitoring - statistics & numerical data; Exact sciences and technology; Global fractionation; Hexachlorobenzene - chemistry; Long-range atmospheric transport; Models, Theoretical; Monte Carlo Method; Organic Chemicals - chemistry; Persistent organic pollutants; Pollutants physicochemistry study: properties, effects, reactions, transport and distribution; Pollution; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - chemistry; “Grasshopper” effect; Model; “Grasshopper” effect; Global fractionation; Persistent organic pollutants; Long-range atmospheric transport; Monte Carlo method; Fractionation; Pollutant behavior; Troposphere; Modeling; Mechanism; Hopping conduction; Transport process; Persistent organic pollutant; Grasshopper effect; Long range pollutant transport; Air pollution; Numerical simulation; Phase partition; Speciation

Although there is indisputable evidence that long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT) of organic contaminants occurs on a global scale, uncertainties remain about the detailed mechanism and extent of this phenomenon as well as the physical–chemical properties which facilitate LRAT. In this study, we...