@article{article_310694, title={Atmospheric Organochlorinated Pesticide Levels and Gas/Particle Partitioning in Istanbul during Winter Weather Conditions}, journal={Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={23}, pages={97–108}, year={2018}, DOI={10.17482/uumfd.310694}, author={Kuzu, S. Levent}, keywords={OCP,kış,gas/partikül dağılımı}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">In this study, gas and particle phase ambient
organochlorine pesticide (OCP) levels were investigated atan urban site in
Istanbul. Samples were collected by a high-volume sampler for fourteen days in
winter. Individual OCP concentrations were between13 and 593 </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> pg.m <sup>-3 </sup> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> for
particle phase and 14 and 1,748 </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">pg.m <sup>-3 </sup> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">for
gaseous phase. The sums of the average concentration of each OCP in gaseous and
particle phases were 3,219 and 2,746 </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> pg.m <sup>-3 </sup>,
respectively. δ-HCH had the highest individual concentration. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The abundance of DDTs followed the order </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">4.4’-DDT
> 4.4’-DDD > 4.4’-DDE.The Σ(gas+particle)OCP
concentrations ranged between 1,845 and 10,196 </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> pg.m <sup>-3 </sup> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">. </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">On the
days when high concentrations were observed, the trajectories of air masses
were investigated by the HYSPLIT model. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">logKp
versus logP <sub>L </sub> <sup>0 </sup> model was applied in order to determine the
fate of gas/particle partitioning. The average slope of the regression line was
-0.35, whereas the intercept was -2.89.  </span> <br /> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi}