TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stemmler,Irene
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - The Role of the Ocean in Global Cycling of Persistent Organic Contaminants: Refinement and Application of a Global Multicompartment Chemistry-Transport Model 
T2  - Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg,
SN  - 9783642050091
AV  - GE1-350 
U1  - 577.14 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Environmental sciences
KW  - Oceanography
KW  - Public law
KW  - Environmental chemistry
KW  - Environmental law
KW  - Marine Sciences
KW  - Environment
KW  - Environmental Chemistry
KW  - Marine & Freshwater Sciences
KW  - Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
KW  - European Law/Public International Law
N1  - From the contents: Introduction -- Model Development -- Model Application -- Conclusions and Outlook -- Impact of the Horizontal Resolution on the Representation of Continental Shelves -- Sensitivity of Volatilisation of DDT from the Ocean to Climate Parameters
N2  - Persistent organic contaminants, which are bioaccumulative and toxic are a concern for the ecosystems and human health and are regulated under international law (global and regional conventions, besides other). If semivolatile, they cycle in different environmental compartments and follow complex transport pathways. The ocean is believed to play a key role in the cycling by accumulating and storing the contaminant and providing a transport medium. But substance fate in the marine environment is not fully understood yet. Here, the global multicompartment chemistry-transport model MPI-MCTM is used to study the fate of organic pollutants in the marine and total environment. For the first time historical emission data are used in spatially-resolved long-term simulations of an insecticide, DDT, and an industrial chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). The model results give new insights into the cycling of these substances as different spatial and process resolutions were tested. E.g. for DDT the model results show saturation and reversal of air-sea exchange, which was not indicated by any other study before
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