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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms Invisible Dynamics the Science of a
Sense of Place Pannel convened by the
Exploratorium SF,CA USA ECSITE 2008 28-31 May,
Natural History Museum, Budapest Ramon
Guardans Advisor on Persitent Organic Pollutants,
Air Quality and Risk Prevention to the Ministry
of the Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs
Madrid, Spain
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Sizes Finding and measuring small
things Separation Ponderation Small quantities
in large proceses Monitoring and
modelling Representation and display
Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Finding small quantities
Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Gram 1 Miligram 1E-3 Nanogram 1E-9 Picogram
1E-12 A femtogram is 1E-15 g. The ammount of DNA
in a bacterium A working hormonal signal in an
organism can weight a few hundred
femtograms Concentrations of toxic substances (eg
PCB, Dioxin) in the atmosphere are measured in
femtograms per cubic meter of ambient air or
nanograms of body mass
Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Sampling the atmosphere with active and passive
devices
Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Sources
Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Hemispheric transport in the atmosphere
Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Small things and large things Finding and
measuring small quantities Establihing the
relation with global sources and
transport Representation and display
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A femtogram moving in the atmosphere
Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Representation of several atmospheric transport
pathways
Representation and Display of Natural History in
Femtograms, ECSITE Budapest 31 May 2008
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Thanks to Begoña Jimenez of CSIC for helping with
pictures of the GC column and the passive
samplers, to Beatriz Navasques of the INM, Ana
Garcia of MMA and Mariangeles Martinez of CIEMAT
for the visit to the EMEP site in Guadalajara in
May 2008. Thank you for your attention.