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POPE: an annual global half degree emission inventory for PFAS 1950–2020
Pascal Simon
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Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Centre Hereon, Max-Planck-Straße 1, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany
Martin Otto Paul Ramacher
Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Centre Hereon, Max-Planck-Straße 1, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany
Stefan Hagemann
Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Centre Hereon, Max-Planck-Straße 1, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany
Volker Matthias
Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Centre Hereon, Max-Planck-Straße 1, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany
Hanna Joerss
Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Centre Hereon, Max-Planck-Straße 1, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany
Johannes Bieser
Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Centre Hereon, Max-Planck-Straße 1, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany
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Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) constitute a group of often toxic, persistent, and bioaccumulative substances. We constructed a global Emissions model and inventory based on multiple datasets for 23 widely used PFAS. The model computes temporally and spatially resolved model ready emissions distinguishing between emissions to air and emissions to water covering the time span from 1950 up until 2020 on an annual basis to be used for chemistry transport modelling.
Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) constitute a group of often toxic, persistent,...
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