Air/surface exchange of mercury vapor over forests - The need for a reassessment of continental biogenic emissions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 895-908

  Lindberg, S E ^a,d   Hanson, P J ^a   Meyers, T P ^b   Kim, K H ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA/ERL   (United States)

^c Sangji University   (South Korea)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air toxics; Atmosphere surface exchange processes; Biogeochemical cycling; Boreal forest; Dry deposition; Emission; Micrometeorological studies; Modeling; Sweden; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DRY DEPOSITION; MICROMETEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DEPOSITION; GAS EMISSIONS; MERCURY (METAL); PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL POLLUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

MERCURY;

BIOGENIC EMISSION; MERCURY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; VAPOUR;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; BIOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRY DEPOSITION; FOREST; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOLAR RADIATION; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; TREE; VAPOR; VEGETATION;

USA, TENNESSEE, WALKER BRANCH WATERSHED;

EID: 0032031912     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00173-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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