• Effects of rocket launches in Ny-Ålesund, 2018 - 2019. Observations of snow and air samples. 

      Aas, Wenche; Gallet, Jean-Charles; Halse, Anne Karine; Hermansen, Ove; Mikkelsen, Øyvind; Pedersen, Christina Alsvik; Spolaor, Andrea; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle (NILU report;7/2021, Research report, 2021)
      The report summarizes the results from additional snow sampling and regular monitoring activities in connection to the rocket launch in Ny-Ålesund 7 Dec 2018, 26 Nov 2019 and 10 Dec 2019 to document possible impacts on ...
    • Endosulfan, pentachlorobenzene and short-chain chlorinated paraffins in background soils from Western Europe 

      Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Schuster, Jasmin K; Jones, Kevin C; Steinnes, Eiliv; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Soils are major reservoirs for many persistent organic pollutants (POPs). In this study, “newly” regulated POPs i.e. sum endosulfans (a-endosulfan, b-endosulfan, endosulfan sulfate), pentachlorobenzene (PeCB), and short-chain ...
    • Forecasting long-range atmospheric transport episodes of polychlorinated biphenyls using FLEXPART 

      Halse, Anne Karine; Eckhardt, Sabine; Schlabach, Martin; Stohl, Andreas; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      The analysis of concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in ambient air is costly and can only be done for a limited number of samples. It is thus beneficial to maximize the information content of the samples ...
    • High concentrations of organic contaminants in air from ship breaking activities in Chittagong, Bangladesh 

      Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Halse, Anne Karine; Randall, Scott; Borgen, Anders; Schlabach, Martin; Paul, Alak; Rahman, Atiqur; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    • Low concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in air at Cape Verde 

      Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Bäcklund, Are; Eckhardt, Sabine; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Ambient air is a core medium for monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention and is used in studies of global transports of POPs and their atmospheric sources and source regions. Still, ...
    • PAH measurements in air and moss around selected industrial sites in Norway 2015 

      Halse, Anne Karine; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Schlabach, Martin; Steinnes, Eiliv (NILU report; 23/2017, Research report, 2017)
      On request from the Norwegian Environment Agency a pilot study of atmospheric deposition of PAH around industrial enterprises in Norway has been carried out. The participation was voluntary and 10 industries located at 10 ...
    • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), oxy- and nitro-PAHs in ambient air of the Arctic town Longyearbyen, Svalbard 

      Drotikova, Tatiana; Ali, Aasim Musa Mohamed; Halse, Anne Karine; Reinardy, Helena; Kallenborn, Roland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are not declining in Arctic air despite reductions in their global emissions. In Svalbard, the Longyearbyen coal-fired power plant is considered to be one of the major local sources ...
    • Screening program 2018. Volatiles, Gd, BADGE, UV filters, Additives, and Medicines. 

      Schlabach, Martin; Halse, Anne Karine; Kringstad, Alfhild; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Vogelsang, Christian (NILU report;20/2019, Research report, 2019)
      This screening project has focused on the occurrence and environmental fate of chemicals with possible PBT-properties. Samples were from indoor environments, surface waters, municipal wastewater, and the receiving marine ...
    • Screening programme 2016 - Selected compounds with relevance for EU regulation 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Lomba, Jose Antonio Baz; Borgen, Anders; Fjeld, Eirik; Halse, Anne Karine; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Vogelsang, Christian (NILU report; 34/2017, Research report, 2017)
      This report summarizes the findings of a screening study into the occurrence of selected solvents, siloxanes, flame retardants, bisphenols and other PBT compounds in effluents, sewage sludge, surface water, sediments, house ...
    • Screening Programme 2017 – AMAP Assessment Compounds 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Borgen, Anders; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Götsch, Arntraut; Halse, Anne Karine; Hanssen, Linda; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Nygård, Torgeir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Samanipour, Saer (NILU report;21/2018, Research report, 2018)
      This report summarizes the findings of a screening study on the occurrence of emerging substances selected by AMAP and other related substances measured earlier. The study includes selected solvents, siloxanes, flame ...
    • Spatial variability of POPs in European background air 

      Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Eckhardt, Sabine; Sweetman, Andy; Jones, Kevin C; Breivik, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Passive air samplers (PAS) were deployed at 86 European background sites during summer 2006 in order (i) to gain further insight into spatial patterns of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in European background air and, ...
    • The MetVed model: development and evaluation of emissions from residential wood combustion at high spatio-temporal resolution in Norway 

      Grythe, Henrik; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Vogt, Matthias; Vo, Dam Thanh; Hak, Claudia; Halse, Anne Karine; Hamer, Paul David; Sousa Santos, Gabriela (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We present here emissions estimated from a newly developed emission model for residential wood combustion (RWC) at high spatial and temporal resolution, which we name the MetVed model. The model estimates hourly emissions ...
    • Using passive air samplers to assess local sources versus long range atmospheric transport of POPs 

      Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Sweetman, Andy; Jones, Kevin C; Breivik, Knut (Journal article, 2012)
      Passive air samplers (PAS) are cost-efficient tools suitable for spatial mapping of atmospheric concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The objective of this study was to use PAS to (i) determine atmospheric ...