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The Equilibrium Distribution of Semivolatile Organochloro Compounds between Atmosphere and Surface Water in the Atlantic Ocean
Author(s) -
Schreitmüller Jörn,
Ballschmiter Karlheinz
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199406461
Subject(s) - sink (geography) , atmosphere (unit) , environmental science , pollutant , atmospheric sciences , surface water , environmental chemistry , oceanography , chemistry , meteorology , geology , physics , geography , environmental engineering , cartography , organic chemistry
The South Atlantic Ocean is of global importance as sink and source for anthropogenic pollutants. Here the distribution of polychlorinated cyclic hydrocarbons between surface water and the atmosphere in this region is shown to fit a classical thermodynamic model of a temperature‐dependent equilibrium—a new example of the concept of a global environmental chemistry.