Publications

Bronopol, resorcinol, m-cresol and triclosan in the Nordic environment. TemaNord, 2007:585

Dye, C.; Schlabach, M.; Green, J.; Remberger, M.; Kaj, L.; Palm Cousins, A.; Brorström-Lunden, E.

Brominated flame retardants; oxidative stress and cell death using cerebellar granule cells and granulocytes. Poster presentation. NILU F

Fonnum, F.; Reistad, T.; Mariussen, E.

Brominated flame retardants in the European chemicals policy of REACH-Regulation and determination in materials.

Kemmlein, S.; Herzke, D.; Law, R.J.

Brominated flame retardants in the Arctic environment - trends and new candidates.

de Wit, C.A.; Herzke, D.; Vorkamp, K.

Brominated flame retardants in the Arctic - Spatial and temporal trends and new candidates.

de Wit, C.A.; Herzke, D.; Vorkamp, K.

Brominated flame retardants in Drammens River and the Drammensfjord, Norway. NILU PP

Schlabach, M.; Fjeld, E.; Borgen, A.R.

Brominated Flame Retardants in Antarctic Air in the Vicinity of Two All-Year Research Stations

Nash, Susan M. Bengtson; Wild, Seanan; Broomhall, Sara; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla

Continuous atmospheric sampling was conducted between 2010–2015 at Casey station in Wilkes Land, Antarctica, and throughout 2013 at Troll Station in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Sample extracts were analyzed for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and the naturally converted brominated compound, 2,4,6-Tribromoanisole, to explore regional profiles. This represents the first report of seasonal resolution of PBDEs in the Antarctic atmosphere, and we describe conspicuous differences in the ambient atmospheric concentrations of brominated compounds observed between the two stations. Notably, levels of BDE-47 detected at Troll station were higher than those previously detected in the Antarctic or Southern Ocean region, with a maximum concentration of 7800 fg/m3. Elevated levels of penta-formulation PBDE congeners at Troll coincided with local building activities and subsided in the months following completion of activities. The latter provides important information for managers of National Antarctic Programs for preventing the release of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic substances in Antarctica.

MDPI

Brominated flame retardants (BFR) in the Nordic environment. TemaNord, 2011:528

Schlabach, M.; Remberger, M.; Brorström-Lunden, E.; Norström, K.; Kaj, L.; Andersson, H.; Herzke, D.; Borgen, A.; Harju, M.

Brominated and Chlorinated Flame Retardants in the Air and Snowpack of Northern Norway

Halsall, Crispin; Bertrand, Olivier; Axel, Moller; Xie, Zhiyong; Ebinghaus, Ralf; Herzke, Dorte; Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Huber, Sandra

BrO measurements from GOME and from the ground: an intercomparison study. Air pollution research report, 73

Richter, A.; Roozendael, M.V.; Wagner, T.; Lambert, J.-C.; Arlander, D.W.; Burrows, J.P.; Fayt, C.; Johnston, P.V.; Jones, R.; Tørnkvist, K.K.; Kreher, K.; Pfeilsticker, K.; Platt, U.; Pundt, I.; South, A.; Wittrock, F.

Bringing assessments from committees to research communities. The HENVINET perspective. NILU PP

Bartonova, A.; Keune, H.; Fucic, A.; Gutleb, A.C.; van den Hazel, P.; Koppe J.; the HENVINET consortium.

Briefly on ACTRIS’ preliminary recommendation of use of denuder for sampling of organic carbon

Yttri, Karl Espen

Bridge to Copernicus. Final project report. NILU OR

Stebel, K.; Fjæraa, A.M.; Schneider, P.; Svendby, T.

NILU has a mandate to monitor air quality and particularly its changes over time, both nationally through Miljødirektoratet (MD) and internationally through the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP). Satellite data related to atmospheric composition are increasingly used for monitoring as they provide long time series of spatially continuous observations. It is therefore essential for NILU to begin preparing for the upcoming Copernicus missions. Here, we evaluate methane products from AIRS, TES, TANSO-FTS and SCIAMACHY as added value for GHG monitoring in Norway and Svalbard. As expected, due to the low sensitivity of the sensors to ground-level Artic large deviations are seen when comparing to in situ data from Birkenes and Ny-Ålesund. Higher level products (L4), combining satellite and ground-based information, seem more appropriate for future reporting purposes. Further, we investigated the usability of the current set of long-term operational ground-based MAX-DOAS stations worldwide for inter-comparing their NO2 observations to those of satellite-based instruments, in particular OMI and GOME-2A. The two data sources agree very well for sites located in rural, non-polluted regions. For sites located in polluted areas we found strong systematic biases, large random errors, or slightly shifting systematic biases. The systematic biases can be explained primarily by the strong spatial gradients in NO2 levels in urban areas in conjunction with the large differences in the spatial representativity of the measurements. We evaluated the possibility to use the now relatively long time series of MAX-DOAS observations to fit a statistical trend model and to directly compare the resulting trends to those obtained for the satellite-based time series for the same area and time period. It was found that the sites with approximately 50 months of valid data for both data sources showed quite similar long-term trends and that sites with fewer than 30 months of valid data exhibited significant discrepancies in the resulting trends.